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
H. G. Francis adult science fiction series of his own, "Commander Perkins". In the heyday of cassette radio dramas until the 1980s, he wrote hundreds of adaptations or original plays for youth series such as "Three Investigators", "The Famous Five", "TKKG" and "Masters of the Universe". In total, more than 120 million of his plays were sold. They reached gold status 120 times and platinum status six times. H. G. Francis Hans Gerhard Franciskowsky (14 January 1936 – 3 November 2011) was a German author of popular fiction, notably science fiction, and radio dramas. He wrote pseudonymously, most often as H. G. Francis,