Omul Invizibil Omul Invizibil este un roman SF publicat de Wells în 1897. Personajul principal este Griffin, un om de ştiinţa care dezvoltă o teorie potrivit căreia orice om poate deveni invizibil dacă indicele de reflexie îi este modificat. El încearcă chiar pe pielea lui această teorie, însă îşi dă seama că fenomenul este ireversibil. Astfel, înnebuneşte de furie căci nu mai poate deveni un om normal şi e condamnat să rămână invizibil. Pentru a-si ascunde "handicapul", Griffin, devenit omul invizibil, îşi înveleşte corpul cu feşe, se îmbracă cu haine lungi şi poartă mereu ceva pe cap. Cartea a inspirat mai mulţi regizori de film, dar pelicula recentă semnată de Paul Verhoeven, cu Kevin Bacon în rolul principal, este cea mai bine primită de spectatori şi critică, fiind nominalizată la Oscar. Războiul lumilor Războiul lumilor, un alt roman SF de succes semnat de Wells, are în centrul atenţiei un bărbat ce străbate Londra în timp ce Pământul este cotropit de marţieni. Se pare că acesta este primul roman în care este descris un posibil conflict între pământeni şi locuitori ai altei planete. Cartea urmăreşte două fire epice: unul - despre venirea marţienilor, celălalt - despre Pământul sub stăpânirea forţelor extraterestre. Când un "meteorit" aterizează în Sud-Vestul Londrei aproape de casa povestitorului, el este primul care descoperă că obiectul este de fapt un aparat extraterestru, de forma unui cilindru. Când aparatul se deschide, din el ies fiinţele extraterestre, descrise ca fiind de dimensiunea unor urşi, dar având opt membre. La scurt timp după aterizarea cilindrului pe Pământ, pentru a se proteja, naratorul se refugiază într-un buncăr.
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. More: http://philosopedia.org/index.php/H.\_... http://www.online-literature.com/well... http://www.hgwellsusa.50megs.com/ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.\_G.\_Wells
