H. G. Wells has been referred to as the father of science fiction, and many of his novels and short stories have served as the inspiration for H.G. Wells movies, which popularized the genre.

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G. Wells’ The Time Machine first appeared as a serial in the London magazines and then as a book in May 1895. His story found many readers in London at the century’s end. One was a clever ...