H.G. Wells

Time Machine author

H.G.

Wells (1866–1946) was an English author considered one of the founders of science fiction.

His novels *The Time Machine*, *The War of the Worlds*, *The Invisible Man*, and *The Island of Doctor Moreau* established many conventions of the genre that persist today.

Wells was also a prolific writer of social commentary and history, though his literary reputation rests primarily on his early scientific romances.

Opposites
scientific vs. supernatural fiction

H.G. WellsJ.R.R. Tolkien

Fantasy literature's foundational author

Bram Stoker · William Morris · C.S. Lewis

progressive vs. conservative politics

H.G. WellsG.K. Chesterton

Rudyard Kipling · T.S. Eliot · C.S. Lewis · Winston Churchill · Joseph Conrad

utopian optimism vs. dystopian pessimism

H.G. WellsAldous Huxley

George Orwell · Philip K. Dick · Cormac McCarthy · Margaret Atwood · Mary Shelley

Family

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