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From the founding father of science fiction, his tragicomic novel about a scientist run amok. Vintage Classics.

About the Author

H. G. WELLS (1866-1946) was a prominent English socialist and pacifist, and a prolific writer in many genres. As the author of The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Time Machine, he is considered a pioneer of science fiction.

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“I personally consider the greatest of English living writers [to be] H. G. Wells.” —Upton Sinclair