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H. G. Wells

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The son of a professional cricketer and a lady's maid, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) served apprenticeships as a draper and a chemist's assistant before winning a scholarship to the prestigious Normal School of Science in London. While he is best remembered for his groundbreaking science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau, Wells also wrote extensively on politics and social matters and was one of the foremost public intellectuals of his day.
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The Time Machine introduced the concept of time travel to a mass audience and established H.G. Wells as a sci-fi pioneer and visionary author. While relatively short at around 32,000 words, The Time Machine had a major impact, introducing many of the tropes that have become staples of time travel fiction, including the idea of a vehicle or device for traveling through time.

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