The Greatest Novels

by H.G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) — known as H. G. Wells — was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called a father of science fiction.His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

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1503 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2019

About the author

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.

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Reviews

[Victor · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was such a varied mix of stories. Some I really enjoyed, while others I really did not feel at all.

I originally started this collection back at the end of September and found myself running out of steam just halfway through and so decided to give it a break. I returned to it again halfway through December and set myself a challenge of completing it before the end of the year, which I managed to do with a couple of days spare.

I still can't quite put my finger on why I didn't really enjoy some of the stories, but I feel it could have just been the style and language with which they were written it that didn't quite resonate with me. Overall I would give the complete collection a 3.5/5 as there were 3 of the 8 stories which I really enjoyed.

Below are my ratings for each individual story contained in this collection.
The Time Machine (4/5)
The Island of Doctor Moreau (3/5)
The Invisible Man (4/5)
The War of the Worlds (4/5)
When the Sleeper Awakes (2/5)
The First Men in the Moon (3/5)
The Food of the Gods (3/5)
Days of the Comet (3/5)

[Almustafa Couch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a good book with an unfortunate bit close to the end that is why I can't give it a 10/10 rating As you know I hate Romance. It is a great book just long.
I takes the reader though the career of H G Wells. The first three books are the famous ones "War of the Worlds, The time machine and The Invisible Man",(though not in that order.), It is worth a visit(I will the first three especially hold a place in my heart.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the Sci-fi genre and it's history Mr Wells being one of the first to write what is known today as science fiction (he was a Journalist)