O/T 150 years of HG Wells.

[AmexRuislip]

September 21st 2016, marks 150 years of HG Wells.
Wrote some fantastic science fiction , with the like of The Island of Doctor Moreau and the fabulous War of the Worlds.
Brilliant stuff

 

[essbee]

A literary genius.

 

[Gwylan]

Lived in Sussex too

Famous mainly now as the punchline to the old joke; "Where does mercury come from?"

 

[Eeyore]

Some of Churchill's war speeches had H G Wells quotes in them. That's gone mostly unnoticed. Appears they were friends.

 

[Eeyore]

I'm still unsure as to why they chose Woking.

 

[jimhigham]

Leave us alone. He happened to live here and the Martians fictionally landed less than a mile from where I am typing this. We're happy he chose us. There's also been a cheap sci-if season in his honour here. I got to see Alien at the cinema for a fiver. Bargain.

Thanks HG.

 

[Don Quixote]

Gene Wolfe does a wonderful homage to him in The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories.


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[jakarta]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5EwnYawirw

One of my favourite album covers ever.

 

[BBassic]

I went into Waterstones once to ask if they had any copies of War of the Worlds and the spotty faced oik behind the counter asked me who it was written by. I left immediately.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Did nobody tell Google? They are normally all over this stuff.

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Leave us alone. He happened to live here and the Martians fictionally landed less than a mile from where I am typing this. We're happy he chose us. There's also been a cheap sci-if season in his honour here. I got to see Alien at the cinema for a fiver. Bargain.

Thanks HG.

Spend far too much time working in Woking (here now). Not a bad town, not a good one either. Herbert George Wells and The Jam are good examples of the town.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Spend far too much time working in Woking/QUOTE]

Could've been lyrics for a Jam song?

 

[atfc village]

Spend far too much time working in Woking/QUOTE]

Could've been lyrics for a Jam song?

Town called malice. Place is full of plastic hardmen and shite Pubs bar Soverigns.

 

[moggy]

My late nan was his cousin so in some small way I spose I'm related