H. G. Wells Society many years. It has also boasted a number of distinguished vice-presidents through the years including Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Foot, Brian Aldiss, Christopher Priest and Stephen Baxter. H. G. Wells Society There have been two groups called the H.G. Wells Society, both set up to support the ideas of Herbert George Wells (1866–1946). The first "H.G. Wells Society" was set up in 1934 to promote Wells' political ideas. Its members included Gerald Heard, Olaf Stapledon, Sylvia Pankhurst, Eden Paul and Vera Brittain. The group later changed its name to "Cosmopolis", then the "Open Conspiracy". In 1936 it merged with the
H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Hines film) way a movie can be", with "awful" effects. To date the film has two variant versions re-released on home video in 17 countries, including Japan: Released: September 2005. Reviewers complained about the film's original three-hour running time, and this version was cut by about forty-five minutes; it was available on video in regions 2 and 4, but not in region 1, the United States and Canada. Released: December 25, 2006. This edition is the special final cut edit of "H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds" and is 125 minutes long, fifty-five minutes shorter than the original. It has