These two authors wrote many books which influenced later science fiction/fantasy works, including movie adaptations of their books.
Significant works
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer, prolific in many genres.
His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering before these subjects were common in the genre..
His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), which was his first novella, The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds (1898), the military science fiction The War in the Air (1907), and the dystopian When the Sleeper Wakes (1910)
Jules Verne was born on February 8, 1828, in the city of Nantes, France . He is best known for his works A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, The Mysterious Island, From the Earth to the Moon, and Around the World in Eighty Days.
Verne is often referred to as the ‘Father of science fiction’ because he wrote about space, air and underwater travel before aeroplanes, spacecrafts and submarines were invented. He died in 1905.
For the October Critical Mass, we invite you to choose a novel to talk about, and note subsequent novels, radio dramas, films and TV series based on them.
Hopefully we will decide which was the most influential.
Join us at the Minor Works Building, 22 Stamford Court, at 6:30pm (Adelaide) on Wednesday October 15th.
Via Zoom: 6:30pm Adelaide, 7:30pm Melbourne, 9pm Auckland and 9am London
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