Herbert
George Wells (1866 - 1946),
English novelist and journalist. Wells is known for his
science fiction, his
satirical novels and his popularized accounts of
history and
science. The first great writer of
science fiction, H.G. Wells is author of The
Time Machine and The
War of the Worlds. He also wrote sociological books in which he criticized existing society and presented his remedies internationalism,
socialism and the advancement and proper
use of
science. In later works, he proposed
government by supermen and a new
world religion based on
physics. Toward the end of his
life, Wells
thought that
man's scientific advances were totally outdistancing his intellectual and social development, and he expressed this in his last
work,
Mind at the End of its Tether. Deliberately aiming to achieve greatness as a prophet, journalist and spokesman for progress, rather than as a novelist, Wells was considered to possess one of the most
vigorous intellects of his
period in
England.
Herbert
George Wells (1866 - 1946),
English novelist and journalist. Wells is known for his
science fiction, his
satirical novels and his popularized accounts of
history and
science. The first great writer of
science fiction, H.G. Wells is author of The
Time Machine, The
War of the Worlds and others.