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Biography:
H.G. Wells, an English novelist, sociologist, and historian, was born at Bromley, Kent, in 1866. Through grants and scholarships, Wells attended the Royal College of Science at South Kensington. He graduated in 1888 with honors and went on to earn a B.S. degree from London University. He taught science until 1893 when he turned to journalism.
At the age of 29, Wells published his first book. He often disguised scientific speculation in the form of fiction as he did in The Invisible Man, a scientific romance. In The War of the Worlds Wells asks not only what might be, but what ought to be. He exercised an unquestionable influence on his generation as well as later ones.
Paired Works:
Anthologies:
- Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries, the (1936)
- Pocket Book of Science Fiction, the (1943)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar the Doors (1946)
- Fifty Great Short Stories (1952)
- Fantasia Mathematica (1958)
- Second Pan Book of Horror Stories, the (1960)
- Other Side of the Moon, the (1963)
- Masters' Choice (1966)
- Hauntings: Tales of the Supernatural (1968)
- 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories, the (1970)
- Book of Islands, a (1971)
- Roots of Evil: Beyond the Secret Life of Plants (1976)
- Great Tales of Horror and the Supernatural (1981)
- Ghosts (1981)
- Black Water (1983)
- Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories, the (1986)
- Science Fiction Stories (1988)
- Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century (1990)
- Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories, the (1992)
- Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales, the (1993)
- Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF, the (1994)
- Oxford Book of Adventure Stories, the (1995)
- Wizards of Odd, the (1996)
- Popular Fiction: An Anthology (1997)
- Oxford Book of English Love Stories, the (1997)
- Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday (1997)
- Oxford Book of English Short Stories, the (1998)
- Mammoth Book of 20th Century Ghost Stories, the (1998)
- Treasury of the Fantastic, the (2001)
- 13 Best Horror Stories of All Time, the (2002)
- Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories, the (2004)
Novels:
Short Stories:
- Moth: Genus Unknown, a (1895)
- Pollock and the Porroh Man (1895)
- Invisible in London (1897)
- Crystal Egg, the (1897)
- Star, the (1897)
- Man Who Could Work Miracles, the (1898)
- Stolen Body, the (1898)
- New Accelerator, the (1901)
- Land Ironclads, the (1903)
- Magic Shop, the (1903)
- Valley of the Spiders, the (1903)
- Empire of the Ants, the (1905)
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