H. G. Wells he was a worthy successor to Charles Dickens, but Wells described a range of social strata and even attempted, in "Tono-Bungay" (1909), a diagnosis of English society as a whole. A diabetic, Wells co-founded the charity The Diabetic Association (known today as Diabetes UK) in 1934. Herbert George Wells was born at Atlas House, 162 High Street in Bromley, Kent, on 21 September 1866. Called "Bertie" in the family, he was the fourth and last child of Joseph Wells (a former domestic gardener, and at the time a shopkeeper and professional cricketer) and his wife, Sarah Neal (a former domestic
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