What is HG Wells best known for?
Full Article H.G. Wells, in full Herbert George Wells, (born September 21, 1866, Bromley, Kent, England—died August 13, 1946, London), English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds and such comic novels as Tono-Bungay and The History of Mr. Polly.
Who was HG Wells second wife?
The marriage was not a success, and in 1894 Wells ran off with Amy Catherine Robbins (died 1927), a former pupil, who in 1895 became his second wife. Wells’s first published book was a Textbook of Biology (1893).
Why did HG Wells write Little Wars?
War was then looming in Europe and Little Wars was both an expression of Wells’s passion for toy soldiers and to his fears over the coming slaughter. The science fiction author even believed that war games could change attitudes.
Who was Mr Wells?
Wells was the son of domestic servants turned small shopkeepers. He grew up under the continual threat of poverty, and at age 14, after a very inadequate education supplemented by his inexhaustible love of reading, he was apprenticed to a draper in Windsor.
What happened between HG Wells and Orson Welles?
H.G. Wells was driving through San Antonio, Texas and stopped to ask the way. The person he happened to ask was none other than Orson Welles who had recently broadcast „The War of the Worlds“ on the radio. They got on well and spent the day together. (A recording also exists, of the two discussing the broadcast and the public’s reaction.)
Who called HG Wells the Shakespeare of science fiction?
Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the „Shakespeare of science fiction“, while American writer Charles Fort referred to him as a „wild talent“.