Book description
With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses
and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin - the new guest at The Coach
and Horses - is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim. But the
true reason for his disguise is far more chilling: he has developed a
process that has made him invisible, and is locked in a struggle to
discover the antidote. Forced from the village, and driven to murder, he
seeks the aid of an old friend, Kemp. The horror of his fate has
affected his mind, however - and when Kemp refuse to help, he resolves
to wreak his revenge.
H. G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published
more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and
programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was
first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he
became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His
controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly
developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was,
in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.
Christopher Priest has won many awards for his writing, including
the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction, the World Fantasy
Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. His works include a hommage to
Wells in The Space Machine.
Patrick Parrinder has written on H. G. Wells, science fiction, James
Joyce and the history of the English novel. Since 1986 he has been
Professor of English at the University of Reading.
