H. G. Wells - We're in a blessed drainpipe, and we've got to crawl

We're in a blessed drainpipe, and we've got to crawl along it till we die.

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Wells, H. G. Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul. Macmillan, 1905, p. 285.

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About the Author

H. G. Wells

Born: September 21, 1866
Died: August 13, 1946
Nationality: English
Profession: Author & Futurist

Biography

Herbert George Wells —known as H. G. Wells—was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. Wells is now best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a "father of science fiction", along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.[a] His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times.

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