Wells, critics sometimes inquire, expecting the answer; Very few. The scientific romances, so-called even though some of these fantasies dating from the 1890's have no element of even pseudoscience, attract yearly a new clap of young devotees in a period when science fiction has attained extraordinary popularity (Scott-Kilvert 226). H. G. Wells has written many scientific romances. One may ask oneself why H. G. Wells writes scientific romances. H. G. Wells was one of the world's most prominent literary personalities in the era between 1895 and 1920 (Ranson 101). With Jules Verne, he was the inventor of science fiction; in the tradition of Dickens, he was a master of the comic novel; in his prime he was also a self-appointed prophet and popular advisor to the public on virtually every acute problem that confronted the modern world (Ranson 101).
H. G. Wells was born on Saturday, 21 September 1866, at 4:30 in the afternoon in Atlas House, 47 High Street, Bromley in north Kent, now part of Great London. Herbert George Wells was the fourth and last child of Sarah Neal Wells and Joseph Wells (http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/wells/hgwbio.html). H. G. Well's career may have started by accident (http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/wells/hgwbio.html). When H. G. Wells was eight years old, he broke his leg and spent a lot of time reading and discovered an intense interest in it (http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/wells/hgwbio.html).
The Wells were not rich, and Wells used to often joke that while he may not have been born in a manger, his rise to fame was almost miraculous (http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/wells/hgwbio.html). His mother was a maid in the houses of the upper class of Sussex and his father was a shoe keeper in Bromley. She had been brought up as a strict Protestant (which may account for Wells's apocalyptic turn of mind) (Scott-Kilvert 225). When H. G. Wells was eleven, his father fell from a ladder and fractured his thigh.
In "War of the Worlds," penned by H.G. Wells between 1895 and 1897, there are many subplots; the submission of men, the inhumanity of imperialism and the horrors of war. ... In Chapter 10, Wells states, "it was no mere insensate machine driving on its way. ... H.G. Wells was seen as a major figure in the development of the science fiction genre....
The Time Machine H.G. Wells Genre-Sciene Fiction Why I chose to do this genre: I find this genre very appealing because the writing is so imaginative and the creativity required to pull such ideas out of ones head is unfathomable. The stories are often intensely decriptive, and I can visua...
H.G. Wells' books told of futures of humankind evolving into smarter beings through science. His books also predicted humankind would destroy itself. Some times Wells had readers that liked his books and told everybody about them, sometimes he had people that would hold riots trying to persuade pe...
In giving the rising genre of science fiction a new credibility, H.G. Wells was able to bring out his views that man will persevere, as well as eternally seek to be the "conqueror" of all, and his depiction of the current society of man. ... This book appeared to be Wells expressing his "growing dissatisfaction with the world" (Cooper, Nigel. ... Towards the end, it almost seemed as though Wells had lost his hope entirely. ... The Happy Turning was Wells recording a reoccurring dream. ...
Wells and "Timeline" by Michael Crichton are enjoyed by countless millions across our world and time. ... While we are no longer so naive as to think that a mechanical device such as H.G. ... In H.G. ... Perhaps our values and ethics would change into the way H.G. Wells predicted it but then again perhaps not The mystery of time travel is obviously a fascinating one. ...
H.G. Wells The Time Machine is the story of an explorer but not an explorer of distance but an explorer of time. ... The Time Machine by H.G. Wells is the story of a "modern explorer", though his time was long ago, his means of exploration are beyond us. ...
H.G Wells wrote the War Of The Worlds in 1898. Wells was born in 1866 and was a scientist and teacher before he begun to write books. ... When Wells wrote the book, Queen Victoria was still on the throne and the first and second world wars were yet to happen. ...
