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H. G. Wells Time machines and Martians are common themes for literature and entertainment today. They belong to the science fiction genre of writing, but where did they originate? There was a time when these ideas were never even heard of, then H. G. Wells began writing. Herbert George Wells is best known as a pioneer of the modern science fiction novel. Wells was born in Bromely Kent, England on September 21, 1866. (Rollyson, 2071) His parents were …

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