H.G. Wells

Photograph by George
Charles Beresford, 1920

Herbert George "H. G. " Wells (1866-1946) wrote on a number of subjects, but became legendary for his pioneering work in science fiction. He didn't invent the genre, but he did help refine it into the form we now know. He held strong socialist and pacifist views that he worked into his books, especially in his later years when he primarily wrote social commentary in various forms.


The Time Machine
In which an unnamed time traveler travels in time with his time machine to the far future, and observes what has become of the human race.

Notes and Illustrations:

• Chapters One and Two
• Chapters Three and Four
• Chapter Five
• Chapters Six and Seven
• Chapters Eight to Nine
• Chapters Ten to Twelve and Epilogue
• Deleted Text - "The Grey Man"