H.G. Wells

Author profile

born

September 21, 1866 in Bromley, Kent, England, The United Kingdom

died

August 13, 1946

gender

male

website

http://www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com

genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, History

influences

Lucian of Samosata, Apuleius' Metamorphosis, or The Golden Ass

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Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, was the third son of a small shopkeeper. After two years' apprenticeship in a draper's shop, he became a pupil-teacher at Midhurst Grammar School and won a scholarship to study under T. H. Huxley at the Normal School of Science, South Kensington. He taught biology before becoming a professional writer and journalist.
Wells is most famous today for his science fiction novels The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Dr. Moreau. He was a prolific writer, writing more than a hundred books of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, essays, histories and programmes for...more

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Books by H.G. Wells

Average rating: 3.69 · 159,915 ratings · 6,442 reviews · 638 distinct works

	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, Greg Bear (Introduction) 3.73 avg rating — 60,316 ratings — published 1888 — 434 editions	My rating:
	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke (Introduction) 3.67 avg rating — 41,716 ratings — published 1898 — 342 editions	My rating:
	The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, W. Warren Wagar (Introduction) 3.51 avg rating — 20,743 ratings — published 1897 — 287 editions	My rating:
	The Island of Dr. Moreau 3.61 avg rating — 16,593 ratings — published 1896 — 247 editions	My rating:
	The Time Machine/The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells, Alfred Mac Adam (Introduction) 4.01 avg rating — 8,525 ratings — published 1984 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells, Steve McLean, China Miéville (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.61 avg rating — 2,268 ratings — published 1901 — 90 editions	My rating:
	The Food Of The Gods 3.43 avg rating — 807 ratings — published 1904 — 59 editions	My rating:
	The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds 3.94 avg rating — 763 ratings — published 1964 — 29 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Short Stories of H.G. Wells by H.G. Wells, John S. Hammond (Editor), John Hammond (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 1966 — 7 editions	My rating:
	When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells, Orson Scott Card (Introduction) 3.46 avg rating — 559 ratings — published 1899 — 100 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by H.G. Wells

“The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.”
― H.G. Wells

tags: truth

364 people liked it

“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”
― H.G. Wells

tags: failure , perseverance , tenacity

141 people liked it

“Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.”
― H.G. Wells

tags: definitions , disapproval

125 people liked it

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Polls

This is a great list ... it's the Nominations for the July Science Fiction Theme: Classic SF.

Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein

11 votes 35.5%

The Time Machine by H.G. Wells

7 votes 22.6%

The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov

5 votes 16.1%

Midnight at the Well of Souls by Jack L. Chalker

5 votes 16.1%

Martian Time-Slip by Philip K. Dick

2 votes 6.5%

Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin

1 vote 3.2%

31 total votes

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