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 in the Gray Flannel Suit (novel) sequel, "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit II". Although published nearly thirty years after the original book, the sequel picks up the story eight years after the original novel, taking up Tom Rath's story in 1963. The plot concerns Tom's extramarital affair with a younger woman, his subsequent divorce and remarriage, and the death of his son in the Vietnam War. Unlike the original novel, it was neither a critical nor a commercial success. The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (novel) The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit is a 1955 novel by Sloan Wilson about the American