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H.G. Wells was driving through San Antonio, Texas and stopped to ask the way. The person he happened to ask was none other than Orson Welles who had recently broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on the radio. They got on well and spent the day together. (A recording also exists, of the two discussing the broadcast and the public's reaction.)

 

Appears on sleeve of The Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.

 

His great grandson Simon Wells directed the 2002 remake of The Time Machine which was based on his novel.

 

Cheated on his wives repeatedly. He even demanded of his second wife the "right" to take lovers. His son with journalist Rebecca West, Anthony West, wrote about their relationship in "Aspects of a Life" (1984). He also had a child with Amber Reeves, the daughter of one of London's most prominent families. His other lovers included Odette Keun, Moura Budberg and Margaret Sanger. Wells may have fathered up to five children out of wedlock.

His first wife, Isabel, was the daughter of his father's cousin.

 

Was the first novelist to employ the themes of time travel ("The Time Machine"), interplanetary invasion ("The War of the Worlds"), genetic manipulation ("The Island of Dr. Moreau"), and nuclear war ("The World Set Free") - the latter in 1913, a year before World War I broke out, and over three decades before the first atomic bomb (which term he also originated).

 

Gave up his teaching career when he came down with tuberculosis, and turned to writing for a living as he recovered.

 

Enjoyed playing with toy soldiers throughout his life.

 

Although H.G. Wells does not have a grave (he was cremated and his ashes scattered), he was quoted later in life (after witnessing the development of the atomic bomb and it being used for warfare) as making the bitter suggestion that his epitaph should say "God damn you all, I told you so." This suggestion has often led to mistaken claims that this was indeed his actual epitaph. Nevertheless, he has no grave, no headstone, and thus no epitaph.

 

He was an active member in the socialist Fabian Society.

 

He was also a Labour Party candidate for the UK Parliament in 1921 and 1922, but was easily defeated.

 

His name was found among some papers in Nazi Germany as a target for suppression once Great Britain was defeated. Wells always considered this a kind of dark flattery.

 

Created a game called "Little Wars" which used toy soldiers, bases, barracks, assembly areas, and fortresses. The game also had rules for infantry, cavalry and artillery. It is thought by many to be the first table-top war game.

 

He is the subject of the 1979 movie Time After Time (1979). It depicts Wells (played by Malcolm McDowell) inventing a time machine which Jack the Ripper uses to travel to 1979 San Francisco, and so Wells must follow him there.

 

(1963) Doctor Who His work and influence on the long-running science fiction television series was the subject of the documentary All's Wells That Ends Wells (2011). His role as the father of British science-fiction had inspired Glen McCoy to write Doctor Who: Timelash: Part One (1985). He thought it would be amusing for British television's most famous science-fiction character, the Doctor, to meet Wells. In the story, Wells is depicted simply as "Herbert". The Doctor is also portrayed reading "The Time Machine" in Doctor Who (1996) as a tribute to him.