H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.

Footnotes

• {{fnb|1}} ThinkQuest Library. H.G. Wells Biography.
• {{fnb|2}} New York University. The Passionate Friends: H. G. Wells and Margaret Sanger.
• {{fnb|3}} Pegasos - A Literature Related Resource Site. H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells (1866-1946).
• {{fnb|4}} For examples of his contemporaries' wilful disregard of the failings of the Soviet Union, see the book Political Pilgrims by Paul Hollander.
• {{fnb|5}} The "pot of message" remark comes from a 1948 Theodore Sturgeon short story entitled Unite and Conquer, a character in the story was quoting a "Dr. Pierce".
• {{fnb|6}} Hayek, Freidrich. The Road to Serfdom. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944 (1994 edition). p. 94.
• {{fnb|7}} Gingrich, Newt. To Renew America. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. p. 189.