H. G. WELLS

This contemplative portrait captures Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, at the dawn of his literary career. Taken around 1890, just before the publication of The Time Machine (1895), this image reveals the thoughtful gaze of a man who would become one of the founding fathers of science fiction.

Wells’s groundbreaking works, including The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau, forever changed the landscape of speculative fiction. But beyond his novels, Wells was also a passionate social commentator, envisioning not just the future of technology—but of humanity itself.

📚 “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” – H.G. Wells

📷 Photographer unknown 📅 Approx. date: 1890 📍 Location: City of London

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