A brilliantly imaginative flight of fancy from the father of science fiction, or a prophetic vision of the future of the planet?
H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. After an education
repeatedly interrupted by his family's financial problems, he
eventually found work as a teacher at a succession of schools,
where he began to write his first stories.
Wells became a prolific writer with a diverse output, of which the
famous works are his science fiction novels. These are some of the
earliest and most influential examples of the genre, and include
classics such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds. Most
of his books very well-received, and had a huge influence on many
younger writers, including George Orwell and Isaac Asimov. Wells
also wrote many popular non-fiction books, and used his writing to
support the wide range of political and social causes in which he
had an interest, although these became increasingly eccentric
towards the end of his life.
Twice-married, Wells had many affairs, including a ten-year liaison
with Rebecca West that produced a son. He died in London in 1946.
A seminal work of dystopian fiction, Wells's tale of the voyages of
the Time Traveller in the distant future (AD 802,701) is also a
cracking adventure story.
*Sunday Telegraph*
In its decency and commitment to the future, its dramatisation of
its hero's moral and imaginative reach, The Time Machine is as good
a testament as any to the values and achievement of one of our
bravest and most stimulating writers, one whose best work comically
or horrifically continues to feel as if it bodies forth the shape
of things to come.
*Independent on Sunday*
A master writer who led a lot of people out of superstition and
hopelessness
*Guardian*
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