The Invisible Man The Invisible Man The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in "Pearson's Weekly" in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. An enthusiast of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has
The Man Who Loved Clowns a horrible tragedy occurs. The Man Who Loved Clowns The Man Who Loved Clowns is a 1992 novel by June Rae Wood about coping with mental disability in the family. The story is based on Wood's personal experience of life with her brother Richard, who himself had Down's Syndrome. Wood also wrote a sequel, entitled Turtle on a Fence Post, set one year later. 13-year-old Delrita wants to be "invisible" at her new school. She lives with her parents and her uncle Punky, who has Down syndrome. Although she loves him, she feels embarrassed at times. Suddenly their life is