H. G. Wells H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, satire, biography, and autobiography, including even two books on war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. During his own lifetime, however, he was most prominent as a forward-looking, even prophetic social critic who devoted his literary talents to the development of a progressive vision on
Anthony West (author) Anthony West (author) Anthony West (4 August 1914 – 27 December 1987) was a British author and literary critic. West was the son of British authors Rebecca West and H. G. Wells. Born Anthony Panther West Fairfield, his parents never married, as Wells was already married to someone else, and remained so until after his intimate relationship with West ended (although they remained friends until his death in 1946). In 1955, Anthony West wrote a novel "Heritage", which was technically fiction, but which dealt with the trials of a boy who grows up largely neglected and ignored by his famous