Nuair a dh’fhoillsich e The Time Machine ann an 1895, chruthaich H. G. Wells gnè ficsein ùr sa Bheurla. Shoirbhich le Wells gu mòr na sgrìobhadair, gu ìre mar thoradh air a’ chliù a choisinn e airson The Time Machine. ’S e sgeul-frèam a th’ anns an leabhar. Aig toiseach ghnothaichean, èistidh ar neach-aithris ri mìneachaidhean saidheansail (nach tuig e) bhon phrìomh phearsa, nach eil ainmichte uair sam bith san leabhar. ’S e an Siùbhlaiche-tìme a th’ aig an neach-aithris air a’ charactar èasgaidh seo. Nuair a chanas an Siùbhlaiche-tìme gu bheil e air inneal a dhealbhadh a tha comasach air triall air ais ’s air adhart tro thìm, cha chreid an luchd-èisteachd idir e. Ach, an ath uair a choinnicheas a’ bhuidheann aig taigh an t-Siùbhlaiche-tìme, cluinnidh iad sgeulachd a dh’fhàgas e doirbh dhaibh a bhith cho cinnteach. Seo a’ chiad uair a chuireadh Gàidhlig air an nobhail. San eagran seo, gheibhear aiste fhada, a tha a’ mìneachadh cuid de na dùbhlain a tha an sàs anns a leithid de dh’obair. Tha Moray Watson na àrd-ollamh ann an Oilthigh Obar Dheathain, far am bi e a' teagasg agus a' rannsachadh an dà chuid Gàidhlig agus Eadar-theangachadh. Ann an 2012, dh'fhoillsich Evertype an tionndadh Gàidhlig aige den nobhail Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Dh’eadar-theangaich e The Hobbit, a chuireadh an clò le Evertype a-rithist, ann an 2025. A-nis, tha e ag eadar-theangachadh A Study in Scarlet, a thèid fhoillseachadh le Follais ann an 2026.
Herbert George Wells was born to a working class family in Kent, England. Young Wells received a spotty education, interrupted by several illnesses and family difficulties, and became a draper's apprentice as a teenager. The headmaster of Midhurst Grammar School, where he had spent a year, arranged for him to return as an "usher," or student teacher. Wells earned a government scholarship in 1884, to study biology under Thomas Henry Huxley at the Normal School of Science. Wells earned his bachelor of science and doctor of science degrees at the University of London. After marrying his cousin, Isabel, Wells began to supplement his teaching salary with short stories and freelance articles, then books, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).
Wells created a mild scandal when he divorced his cousin to marry one of his best students, Amy Catherine Robbins. Although his second marriage was lasting and produced two sons, Wells was an unabashed advocate of free (as opposed to "indiscriminate") love. He continued to openly have extra-marital liaisons, most famously with Margaret Sanger, and a ten-year relationship with the author Rebecca West, who had one of his two out-of-wedlock children. A one-time member of the Fabian Society, Wells sought active change. His 100 books included many novels, as well as nonfiction, such as A Modern Utopia (1905), The Outline of History (1920), A Short History of the World (1922), The Shape of Things to Come (1933), and The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (1932). One of his booklets was Crux Ansata, An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church. Although Wells toyed briefly with the idea of a "divine will" in his book, God the Invisible King (1917), it was a temporary aberration. Wells used his international fame to promote his favorite causes, including the prevention of war, and was received by government officials around the world. He is best-remembered as an early writer of science fiction and futurism.
He was also an outspoken socialist. Wells and Jules Verne are each sometimes referred to as "The Fathers of Science Fiction". D. 1946.