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Recently I read The Illustrated Man by Bradbury for the first time and was surprised by how saturated it was with fear of the Bomb and of technology. The collection was published in 1951, only six year after the end of World War 2: The Soviets had only had the bomb for ~4 years, and wouldn't...

At the end, he gets back in his time machine leaves, destination and fate unknown. Where do you think he went ? And , if you were in his situation , where you had journeyed . Would you have gone to the past or future ? If it were me, I would have gone back into that bleak future...

Yes , it an anther edition of Bayors wh greater and even the stature of both. A Who is great companion seems like an interesting idea. Thoughts ? :)

Two of the greatest and most seminal imaginative writers sit back and talk about mundane (mostly) topics prior to World War I. https://darklybrightpress.com/a-quiet-talk-with-mr-h-g-wells/

Hello all, I'm new to this site so I am just going to introduce myself.....Hi!!! My favourite author of classic Sci Fi is H.G.Wells,although to be fair Wells termed them Scientific Romances. I will not refer to the Wells classics,of which we all know( or should),but would like peoples opinions...

The World's First Illustrations for H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds (1897) - Flashbak At least the illustrator knew how many legs a 'tripod' should have...

H.G.Wells should need no introduction, being one of the originators of science fiction in its current form (following-on from the pioneering Jules Verne). His most famous SF works include The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The First Men in the Moon. He also wrote a...

For me Wells’ books tend to fall into two broad categories; some, like The Time Machine or The Island of Dr Moreau, are fairly strident social commentaries - almost to the point of proselytising – whilst others, like The War of the Worlds or The Invisible Man, seem to be little more than great...

This is far from being my favourite Wells book. I found the writing didn’t flow in the way I normally expect from Wells. His phonetic writing of the Sussex dialect forced me to really work on much of the dialogue to figure out what was being said. All very realistic I’m sure but not very...

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I've read 'The War Of The Worlds' which is definitely one of my favourite books, as well as 'First Men In The Moon' and also 'The Time Machine' which I enjoyed immensely. Can anybody recommend what to read next? 'War Of the Worlds' was much much better than the movies. I like the George Pal...

It's just possible he didn't entirely like it. Strangely literal-minded for the most part and not always really reviewing the film as a film, but sometimes reviewing it as a sort of book. Also not much in the swing of the "science fiction conversation" as it developed in the 30s US, as he...

We all are familiar with this story from the movies but how many have actually read the book? I have to say that no movie thus far produced is close to the ideas and story set forth in this book. The aliens themselves are described briefly in passing with little detail yet are truly...

Found this on the ACC list page: Official Google Blog: A mysterious series for H.G. Wells

I surely must have read this at some point in my youth, but I can't recall it. All I can remember is watching the 1960 film version and that memory only involves Yvette Mimieux in a starring role, which gives a clear idea of adolescent priorities. So it was with some interest that I read this...

Someone has told me that H. G. Wells is the single most prominent science fiction writer - he came up with invisibility, time travel, and the alien invasion. No other author has come up with so many novel ideas in science fiction. Any thoughts on this?

informationliberation - Anticipations of The New Republic: The Vision of H.G. Wells The question is, can any scifi writer do the same that Wells and Orwell achieved, or do they have to be extraordinary special?

I wonder what people who have read this story think of it ? I read it recently and was pleasantly surprised by how good it was even for a classic . Specially for a story mostly told in first person and almost no dialouges. I liked how unromantic The Time Traveler looked on the two people of...

An Invasion Footnote: A Review of The War of the Worlds (Bread and Circuses: Installment #1; Dateline: Thursday, June 30, 2005) I indulged myself in the mixed blessings of viewing both Batman Begins the Beguine and My Favourite Thetan last week at the local house of cinematic iniquities...

Hey, it's topical! Can't imagine there's many people here who haven't read it yet, but if not then get yourself down to a library and get it. I think it's still one of the best novels of alien invasion and social commentary in one go, and it dwells more on the humbling of a great power than the...