Book description
Herbert George Wells was perhaps best known as the author of such
classic works of science fiction as
The Time Machine
and War of the Worlds
. But it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man
embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous
potential of the scientific discoveries of the day. He described his
stories as "a miscellany of inventions," yet his enthusiasm
for science was tempered by an awareness of its horrifying destructive
powers and the threat it could pose to the human race. A consummate
storyteller, he made fantastic creatures and machines entirely
believable; and, by placing ordinary men and women in extraordinary
situations, he explored, with humor, what it means to be alive in a
century of rapid scientific progress.
Herbert George Wells
(1866-1946) was a professional writer and journalist, who published
more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and
programmes for world regeneration.
Patrick Parrinder has written on H. G. Wells, science fiction, James
Joyce and the history of the English novel
