H. G. Wells
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Weird Fact of the Day (that you probably didn't know)...roughly the weight of a medium-sized racehorse. Wednesday, September 23: The author H.G. Wells and actor/director Orson Welles - forever linked by Welles' notoriously frightening 1938 radio adaptation of Wells' novel The War Of The... In this article: Walt Disney, Buffalo, Oscar, NASA, H.G. Wells, Charlie Chaplin, and World War II |
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 2 days ago
A blessing everyone can pass along: Be nice
...David Broiles talked about it the other night. The Tarrant County Trial Lawyers Association gave awards named for a pair of its members, H.G. Wells and Lanny Priddy, who now are deceased. Broiles got one, I got the other. But it was his...
In this article: H.G. Wells, Cancer, Publishers Weekly, YouTube, and Glenn Beck
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The State | 3 days ago
At the end of the world, a glimpse of humanity
...grim" is not a lot of people's idea of a good time at the movies. Dystopian visions of the future have been around since H.G. Wells, so much so that we can naively root for Will Smith to live on in "I Am Legend" or laugh at the new...
In this article: Viggo Mortensen, John Hillcoat, Cormac McCarthy, Robert Duvall, Charlize Theron, H.G. Wells, The Road, I Am Legend, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Will Smith
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The Register | 6 days ago
eBooks: What to read on which reader
...30,000 beyond-copyright works available for free download and import onto one's eBook reader, much of which is worth reading - not least HG Wells's contemporary fiction and war-game rulebook - there's also a plethora of free (self-published)...
In this article: Amazon, Adobe, Barnes & Noble, Foyles, Mobipocket, Iphone, Charing Cross Road, Fictionwise, Gutenberg project, and BlackBerry
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Independent.ie | 7 days ago
Apocalypse wow!
...is an unpredictable place at the moment and apocalyptic tales can be a reaction to that instability. When the film version of the HG Wells novel War of the Worlds appeared in 1953, it joined a growing cast of alien/sci fi movies like the...
In this article: Roland Emmerich, The Book of Eli, Zombieland, The Road, The Day the Earth Stood Still, John Cusack, Independence Day, Recession, Global warming, and Godzilla
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Sunday Mirror | 7 days ago
QUIZWORD CROSSWORD
3 Charles ---, director of the films The Titfield Thunderbolt and The Lavender Hill Mob (8) 5 Race of decadent people in the H.G. Wells novella The Time Machine (4) 6 In Greek mythology, the mountain sandwiched between Olympus and...
In this article: Nobel Prize in Literature, Perseus, Livia, I, Claudius, The Titfield Thunderbolt, The Lavender Hill Mob, H.G. Wells, Harry Hamlin, and John Cusack
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Guardian | 7 days ago
Darwin at the movies: A festival of apes, aliens and troglodytes
...they do. Charles Kingsley was an ardent supporter of Darwin and in 1862 wrote The Water Babies, in part to praise Darwin. HG Wells - who had been taught at school by TH Huxley, Darwin's "bulldog" - was directly influenced by the...
In this article: Planet of the Apes, Alien, Alfred Russel Wallace, London, Academy award, On the Origin of Species, HR Giger, and Edgar Rice Burroughs
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USATODAY.com | November 19, 2009
'Sweet Tooth' like Mad Max with antlers
...Moreau, Kamandi and Mad Max. "The idea came when I was working on my recent Vertigo series called The Nobody- a reinterpretation of H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man," Lemire explains. "That involvement with Wells got me thinking about, and...
In this article: Vertigo, DC Comics, Mad Max, Kamandi, USA Today, H.G. Wells, and The Invisible Man
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L.A. Times - Entertainment News | November 17, 2009
Razzies for Thanksgiving: Marlon Brando in 'The Island of Dr. Moreau'
...Island of Dr. Moreau" When we first see Marlon Brando in "The Island of Dr. Moreau," John Frankenheimer's ill-fated adaptation of the H.G. Wells science fiction classic, we are almost sure that it is really him. He emerges from the jungle...
In this article: Marlon Brando, The Island of Dr. Moreau, David Thewlis, John Frankenheimer, Val Kilmer, Barfly, Free Money, H.G. Wells, and Nelson de la Rosa
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thestar.com | November 15, 2009
Will disparity split the human race?
There is a theory that our increasingly have and have-not world is leading to 'genetic drift' When H. G. Wells predicted a future world inhabited by two strata of humans - cave-dwelling cannibals and an above-ground smorgasbord population...
In this article: Peter Ward, Human, Eloi, Morlocks, The Time Machine, Polarization, Dog, and Climate change
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L.A. Times - Show Tracker | November 12, 2009
Friday's TV Highlights: Ariel may have serious boy trouble on 'Medium'
...Stevens 1942 romantic comedy (3 p.m. TCM). The Time Machine: This 2002 retelling of the classic H.G. Wells story was directed by one of the author's descendants, Simon Wells (6:20 p.m. Cinemax). NASCAR racing: Sprint Cup: Checker...
In this article: Medium, H.G. Wells, Tim McGraw, Sprint Cup, Nascar, and Los Angeles Times
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Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946), known by his pen name H. G. Wells, was an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist; his later works becoming increasingly political and didactic. His middle period novels (1900-1920) were more realistic; they covered lower middle class life (The History of Mr Polly) and the 'New Woman' and the Suffragettes (Ann Veronica). He was a prolific writer in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary.
- Name At Birth:
- Herbert George Wells
- Birth Date:
- September 21, 1866
- Birthplace:
- Bromley, Kent, England
- Death Date:
- August 13, 1946
- Place of Death:
- London, United Kingdom
- Nationality:
- British
- Occupation:
- Novelist, Teacher, Historian
- Known for:
- The Time Machine, The History of Mr Polly, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau
- Influenced By:
- Thomas Henry Huxley, Plato, Jonathan Swift
- Influenced:
- Kevin J. Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Stephen Baxter, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert H. Goddard, Robert A. Heinlein, Aldous Huxley, Stan Lee, C. S. Lewis, H. P. Lovecraft, Alan Moore, George Orwell, Frank R. Paul, Carl Sagan, Olaf Stapledon, Stanley G. Weinbaum, Jack Williamson
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