The Biography of Herbert George Wells - 

Herbert George Wells, who later will be known as H.G. Wells was born on September 21 1866 and grew up under the constant threat of poverty. He was born to a small shopkeeper and a servant. Although he had a very insufficient education, he had a love for reading and science. At age 18, after being fired from his job, he got hired to be a chemist’s student aid and later won a scholarship to study biology and science. He would become a science teacher and write plenty of short-stories, and as they grew in success he would write his first novel, the Time Machine. Right after a short and not successful marriage with Wells’ cousin, he married one of his former students, Catherine Robbins. They practiced a form of free love as Wells had affairs with many other women including famous writers. Wells later would write books that explore this aspect of free love he had in his own relationships. Not only did his relationship affect his style of reading but so did his education. When looking at the genre H.G. Wells writes in, you can see how he uses his knowledge in the sciences to create interesting and insightful plots and stories. Wells was one of, if not the first successful author to write of extreme science fiction topics that are popular today including martians and time travel. He would become a huge gateway into the world of science fiction novels as he paved the way for a new style of fiction. Many people felt his books were controversial as his books existed in a world devoid of a God, but in a world that relied on the theories of science commonly argued in that time. H.G. Wells’ biggest tool when writing was his imagination. He was a pioneer for many new types of science fiction, and in his books like The War of The Worlds and The War in the Air, he predicts certain changes and developments in air and weapon technology. Wells would live to see both World War 1 and World War 2. After the second war he shifted from fiction science novels to nonfiction novels where he advocates for human rights and the creation of the United Nations. This was not the first time he wrote of political issues as throughout his entire life he remained involved in the political and social scene. He would write on reform and social values in his books and add subtle undertones like how in The War of the Worlds, the media did not tell the truth when the Martians were invading. He critiqued society in that, he voiced his concerns for the direction humanity was heading in multiple books, and had common plots of humans causing the conflict in the stories. H.G. Wells through all this reform created two legacies. One legacy consisted of his social reforms in his help to human rights and society as a whole. The second legacy was the creation of the modern world. His inventions and ideas in his science fiction books are the root of many things in today's society. Many films, movies, and other books all use concepts and ideas he created in his short stories and books. H.G. Wells’ legacy will forever live on in all future science fiction works as some parts of them originated back to his writings. His success came with his first book, The Time Machine, but has only grown since then. He popularized the theory of time travel, and invented the true writing of extraterrestrial life and exploring the cosmos for life. Many people in today's day and age argue that the things H.G. Wells thought it may actually be true and not fiction. What was once this author's ideas for a book could be reality all because of his influence and writing during his time. He doesn’t just have a legacy but has positive outcome after positive outcome. All the ideas he came up with in his time are being tested and becoming real in our day and age. His ideas and thoughts that were rare in his time are common in the 20th century. He will forever be marked in history as the man who created science fiction. H.G. Wells was 79 when he died. He died on August 13, 1946, during the end of World War Two. WIth so many books on war and human conflicts it's very surreal that he was able to experience both great wars. Although he spent so much time writing about war, it did not consume his life. Wells may have written about science and things that are unrealistic, but those words are coming to life in our day and age. H.G. Wells will forever go down as the father of science fiction.