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H. G. Wells

Lifespan
1866 – 1946
Nationality
British
Active
1895 – 1924
Works held
47

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) shares with Verne the title of founding father of science fiction, but where Verne loved the machine, Wells loved the idea. In a handful of years around the turn of the century he produced The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds, inventing time travel, alien invasion, biological engineering and more as literary furniture in a single burst. A tireless social thinker and futurist, he shaped not just the genre but the century's sense of what was coming.

The works

  1. 1924
    Cover of The dream: A novel The dream: A novel
  2. 1922
    Cover of Tales of the Unexpected Tales of the Unexpected
  3. 1914
    Cover of The World Set Free The World Set Free
  4. 1911
    Cover of Aarnihauta ja muita juttuja Aarnihauta ja muita juttuja Cover of Csodálatos történetek Csodálatos történetek Cover of Eräitä kertoelmia Eräitä kertoelmia Cover of Hämähäkkilaakso ja muita kertomuksia Hämähäkkilaakso ja muita kertomuksia Cover of The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
  5. 1910
    Cover of The Sleeper Awakes The Sleeper Awakes
  6. 1908
    Cover of Ilmasota: Tulevaisuuden kuvaus Ilmasota: Tulevaisuuden kuvaus Cover of The War in the Air The War in the Air
  7. 1906
    Cover of In the Days of the Comet In the Days of the Comet
  8. 1905
    Cover of A Modern Utopia A Modern Utopia
  9. 1904
    Cover of Het voedsel der Goden en hoe het op Aarde kwam Het voedsel der Goden en hoe het op Aarde kwam Cover of The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth
  10. 1903
    Cover of Twelve Stories and a Dream Twelve Stories and a Dream
  11. 1902
    Cover of Tengerkisasszony: Vázlat, holdfényben Tengerkisasszony: Vázlat, holdfényben Cover of The Sea Lady The Sea Lady
  12. 1901
    Cover of Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought Anticipations of the reaction of mechanical and scientific progress upon human life and thought Cover of Ensimmäiset ihmiset kuussa Ensimmäiset ihmiset kuussa Cover of The First Men in the Moon The First Men in the Moon Cover of The First Men in the Moon The First Men in the Moon
  13. 1899
    Cover of Kun nukkuja herää: Romaani Kun nukkuja herää: Romaani Cover of Tales of Space and Time Tales of Space and Time Cover of When the Sleeper Wakes When the Sleeper Wakes
  14. 1898
    Cover of La guerre des mondes La guerre des mondes Cover of The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds T The War of the Worlds Cover of Világok harca Világok harca
  15. 1897
    Cover of 30 Strange Stories 30 Strange Stories Cover of A láthatatlan ember: Fantasztikus regény A láthatatlan ember: Fantasztikus regény Cover of Näkymätön mies Näkymätön mies Cover of The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance T The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance Cover of The Plattner Story, and Others The Plattner Story, and Others Cover of The Star The Star
  16. 1896
    Cover of Dans l'abîme Dans l'abîme Cover of Dr. Moreau szigete: Regény Dr. Moreau szigete: Regény Cover of Kauhun saari Kauhun saari Cover of The island of Doctor Moreau The island of Doctor Moreau
  17. 1895
    Cover of Aikakone Aikakone Cover of Az időgép Az időgép Cover of The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents T The Time Machine Cover of The Time Machine The Time Machine Cover of The Wonderful Visit The Wonderful Visit Cover of Varastettu basilli ja muita kertomuksia Varastettu basilli ja muita kertomuksia

Wrote across

1890s1900s1910s1920s

Recurring themes

Social SFHard SFFirst ContactMilitary SFFantasyDystopiaTime TravelSpace Opera

Kindred authors shared themes

Fritz LeiberBryce WaltonEdmond HamiltonH. Beam PiperNelson S. BondRandall GarrettRobert AbernathyRobert Silverberg

Contemporaries writing in the same era

L. Frank BaumEdgar Rice BurroughsLuis SenarensVictor AppletonE. NesbitLord DunsanyH. P. LovecraftAlgernon BlackwoodJohn Kendrick BangsRay Cummings

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