^This^
His short stories are worth reading, as well as the novels.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 28 Jun 2010, 10:38, 1 reply)

I agree
H. G. Wells was quite the pioneer of sci-fi writing during his time. Many people mocked the ending of War of the Worlds [the newer one] as the ending was so poor.
However, this idea was very intuitive and unique at the time as micro-biology and the immune system was just beginning to be studied and understood. I thought it was brilliant.
I also want to read The "Time Machine" and "The Invisible Man".. Classic films and ideas.

P.s. I've alwasy preferred the older War of the Worlds and The Time Machine films =)
(Jon_LTD Treat the world like a head!, Mon 28 Jun 2010, 11:04, closed)

I too think Wells was ahead of the game in seeing the near future.
In The Land Ironclads, he predicts the tank, and The War in the Air predicts mass aerial warfare. It is unfortunate he is not more popular across his works.

I haven't seen the recent time machine film, but the old one was very good. The Tom Cruise War of the worlds though, I thought better then the 1950's version.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Mon 28 Jun 2010, 17:30, closed)