"I told you so, you damned fools!" is a GLORIOUS epitaph and a freaking Mood. I enjoy Wells's work anyway and that is just the icing on the cake. Thank you so much for this one, Simon!
H.G. Wells was definitely a man before his time. A true visionary. His body of work is still relevant today. Dozens of films based on his work can still be made.
Wells is also the father of tabletop wargaming as well, his book little wars is the fire tabletop war game rule set that games like warhammer and dungeons and dragon can follow their lineages back to.
Simon! Legend!!! I asked for HG Wells and you delivered. Even if it wasn't my request that did it, I'm going to pretend that I had some influence over this particular biographics. Cheers!
@@York22 he's done a few topics I've suggested. (Others also àsked for the same thing I did) he reads the comments, does popular ones and those that piqué his interests. Leave your idea in the comments of future videos and you never know, it might pop up someday sprinkled with vintage memes
Same for Jules Verne. Some of his visions were pretty spot on. Although one could argue that people as early as Leonardo da Vinci (and most likely earlier) had some pretty crazy ideas that eventually became true. But then there's also enough crazy theories that we haven't made reality (yet).
Now we need a biograpics on Well’s contemporary counterpart, Jules Verne. Wells brought social commentary and narrative to science fiction, but Verne built the foundation for sci-fi with his broad fantastical visions of how rapidly changing technology could connect and alter the world we know . I don’t think science fiction would be as prolific today without both of these literary geniuses.
@@thetruerift Apologies!!! I wasn’t trying to diminish Mary Shelley’s contributions. I think Extra Credit said it best: Mary Shelley is the true progenitor of Science Fiction, but Verne and Wells’s work helped sci-if become the vast genre it is today.
Not really especially with Wells. There was an awful lot of good writers at the time writing the same sort of material. Sadly most of them are largely forgotten today
In my early youth (I'm 61 years old) H.G. Wells "War Of The Worlds" was a staple, unusually in mid winter and somethings in the spring on NBC. There was "Wizard Of Oz" usually in the cold of winter, "The 10 Commandments" around Easter, that was on CBS, and ABC played "Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea" in the fall around Halloween. Happy memories. Thanks for the history.
And Jules Verne wrote From The Earth to The Moon the year before Wells was born, Heck! Bertie was still pooping in his diapers when Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Interesting fact: the first book I bought at a garage sale: was, DRUMS ROLL: HG Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 🌎. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCI-FI BOOKS OF ALL TIME. STILL, Thanks to Biographics for details about the Author
She (much like HG Wells) helped shape science fiction, but before her was Lucian of Samosata and before him were probably plenty more that we'll never know of.
I’m reading war of the worlds right now. When I was younger I lived next to the horsell common in surrey for five years, you can still see a statue of the Martian in Woking :)
HG Wells got one on Boris Karloff once. He was visiting the Warner Bros. studios while Karloff was filming "The Walking Dead" (the 1936 film, of course). Wells noticed a chicken heart on the set, and he was told that it was going to be used in the film. To Karloff, Wells sardonically remarked "I suppose that's your stand in?" Karloff exploded into laughter. He loved that.
You can't label someone the or even a father of science fiction when the originator, Mary Shelly, pioneered the genre decades before this person was even born 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
How the hell does Simon/his team have time to research all these topics, write up the scripts, and film these videos as often as they do while having as many channels as he has????
One of his books was on Jeopardy the other day (The Time Machine). I didn’t read it but watched the movie. Still got it right even though the clue discussed it’s chapters
@@AmigoAmpz - And Lucian of Samosata before her... and probably cavemen whose stories are lost in time... unless we develop some sort of machine that could help us recover them.
I live only a 5 minute drive from HG WELLS home Spade House in Sandgate,Kent,. He also had another house in sandgate before and for the first 3 yrs of my life I lived just a couple of hundred yards from both. I Love The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, The invisible Man.
The time machine was and still is my favorite book from H. G. Wells I still have the hard cover copy of the great illustration classics might hand it down to my kids
Wells is the inventor of one of the most popular pastimes for the young (and not so young): strategy board games with miniatures. Millions of fans of games like Warhammer 40000 or De Bellis Antiquitatis, who daily drag various miniature figures on the most different boards and terrains around the world (or virtual versions on the computer) are the heirs of Herbert George, who pioneered this type of entertainment with the book "Board Games" published in 1911. After this book, he also wrote "Little Wars" (1913), which is dedicated to the development of this type of social games, but also to their role in the development of intelligence and education for children. Role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons or Call of Cthulhu, are partly inspired by Wells' ideas.
Whew....after no vids from the Simonverse yesterday, I had suspicions that Danny may have broke free from the basement to exact revenge for his captivity. Thank goodness you are ok Simon...I would probably quit UA-cam like a bad habit if not for you and your many channels! ☕🚬🍻
Possible future biograhpics? Victor Hugo - French novelist, famous for "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables" Leonard Cohen - singer/songwriter and musician Gord Downie - singer for The Tragically Hip and philanthropist Ludwig van Beethoven - famous classical composer Robert Baden-Powell - military officer and founder of the Scout Movement Stephen Sondheim - Composer and lyricist of several Broadway shows (Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, Company, etc.) Amazing as always Biographics
Biographics: *posted 48 minutes ago* Me: "Well...time to take my lunch break!" I read HG Wells back in the 5th grade. His works are still to this day among my favorites.
Great video. You have a knack for making dry details interesting. I think you should do a video on the actor Boris Karloff, he's almost forgotten these days, but was a big star in the old days.
at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet
From midhurst and now live in Southsea so this I have been waiting for!! Also worked in a hotel he worked in for a while, went to the same school and everything.... The war of the worlds is my personal favourite 🤘💪 thank you blaze boi
This video is one of the best I've seen you do. Wonderful nuggets of information about Wells. I also laughed aloud several times because you did a video last week and were racking your mind trying to think of Wells' name. It had to do with the urban myth of thousands of people killing themselves when hearing the radio broadcast of War Of The Worlds.
PS: Read my "GREEN FIRE: Tommy & Ruthie's Blues" (Amazon) A philosophical adventure of time travel and love against the background of war and revolution in the 20th Century. Even girls might like it! 😲
I can't even imagine how crushing it must have been to predict both World Wars based on nothing but his perception of society and be proven right both times.
You need to cover sci fi author Robert Heinlein. Many of the ideas he wrote about have become reality. He also had a long history of helping out other authors, research what he did for Philip K Dick who wrote the book that brought us Bladerunner.
Wow! Wells had a long and very interesting life. I do love his writing, was ahead of his time. The Time Machine movie starring Rod Taylor made in 1960 is a wonderful story and for those who haven't seen it I implore you do! The book is very short which surprised me
Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure and one of the most important in Irish history.
Whilst H.G. Wells' sci-fi works are, undoubtedly, the headline act, please don't underestimate his 'other' novels, recommended amongst which I would include 'The History of Mr Polly', 'Kipps' and the prescient morality tale 'Tonay Bungay'.
Genuinely believe Things to come isn’t given the respect it deserves. I know it’s not as influential as 1984 or Brave new world but I think it’s still important as it represents genuine fears
I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.
Hey, Rockstar! At 17:26(ish) "Initially" is SUPER a different take. Please check levels before subbing in other takes. ALL MY LOVE!!!! You are AMAZING!!!!
Trying to think what channel you'd put it on, but I'd love to hear you delve into various literature, as you mentioned you couldn't today with Wells' works. I do like your narration.
Tom Horn - the assassin for big ranchers in Wyoming who may or may not was framed for murder in early 1900s. Nothing like the historically inaccurate 1980 Steve McQueen film.
Excellent as always. H.G. Wells, stories still relevant today. You have done so many now. Wondering if there are 1 or 2 missing? Have you done Hippocrates? Did a search via youtube and was surprised to find your channel did not appear. Probably my feeble search parameters.Hippos yes, but not the father of medicine? As said its probably just my poor search criteria..
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Mary Shelley "am I a joke to you?"
Y'all should make a biographic style channel on cities and towns
"Father of Modern Science Fiction"? Grandfather sure... Father... that would be Asimov.
can you do a biographics on vlodimir zelensky
You sould do a biography on VICTOR BOUT
"I told you so, you damned fools!" is a GLORIOUS epitaph and a freaking Mood. I enjoy Wells's work anyway and that is just the icing on the cake. Thank you so much for this one, Simon!
Yes,he’s the mood
H.G. Wells was definitely a man before his time. A true visionary.
His body of work is still relevant today. Dozens of films based on his work can still be made.
Check out Felix Palma's the map of time/sky
And a true eugenicist!
Wells is also the father of tabletop wargaming as well, his book little wars is the fire tabletop war game rule set that games like warhammer and dungeons and dragon can follow their lineages back to.
I never knew that, thank you for the fun fact
What a guy.
And Peter Cushing was a huge fan!!
So he was evil too
So he’s indirectly the reason The Legend of Vox Machina exists.
Simon! Legend!!! I asked for HG Wells and you delivered. Even if it wasn't my request that did it, I'm going to pretend that I had some influence over this particular biographics. Cheers!
Thanks. Yes, you did have some influence
Where did you submit a request?
@@York22 he's done a few topics I've suggested. (Others also àsked for the same thing I did) he reads the comments, does popular ones and those that piqué his interests. Leave your idea in the comments of future videos and you never know, it might pop up someday sprinkled with vintage memes
Remember it's an entire team 👏❤️ very thankful to all including Simon
It’s quite impressive how well a lot of this work holds up even now.
Same for Jules Verne. Some of his visions were pretty spot on. Although one could argue that people as early as Leonardo da Vinci (and most likely earlier) had some pretty crazy ideas that eventually became true.
But then there's also enough crazy theories that we haven't made reality (yet).
Now we need a biograpics on Well’s contemporary counterpart, Jules Verne. Wells brought social commentary and narrative to science fiction, but Verne built the foundation for sci-fi with his broad fantastical visions of how rapidly changing technology could connect and alter the world we know . I don’t think science fiction would be as prolific today without both of these literary geniuses.
Mary Shelly wrote the first sci fi novels before either wells or verne were alive
@@thetruerift Apologies!!! I wasn’t trying to diminish Mary Shelley’s contributions. I think Extra Credit said it best: Mary Shelley is the true progenitor of Science Fiction, but Verne and Wells’s work helped sci-if become the vast genre it is today.
Not really especially with Wells. There was an awful lot of good writers at the time writing the same sort of material. Sadly most of them are largely forgotten today
Would it be fair to say that Wells concentrated on society whereas Verne concentrated on extraordonary individuals in the tradition of lord Byron?
@@thetruerift Lucian of Samosata did the first sci-fi centuries before.
Fun Fact: His great-grandson, Simon Wells, would go on to direct The Prince of Egypt and the 2002 film adaptation of The Time Machine.
From which companion, spouse or girlfriend, is this director descended?
he also directed MARS NEEDS MOMS
In my early youth (I'm 61 years old) H.G. Wells "War Of The Worlds" was a staple, unusually in mid winter and somethings in the spring on NBC. There was "Wizard Of Oz" usually in the cold of winter, "The 10 Commandments" around Easter, that was on CBS, and ABC played "Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea" in the fall around Halloween. Happy memories. Thanks for the history.
Now we have the bachelor and real housewives of dumbass County. 🙄 I feel like we did some backsliding there.
Now we need a video on the person who wrote Science fiction 50 years before he was born, Mary Shelly the author of Frankenstein.
YES thank you. Does Mary Shelley not exist or something? Frankenstein was published in 1818… 🥴
@@chloepurnell5798 yes. Written in Switzerland in the year without a summer 1816
@@chloepurnell5798 are you daft? It clearly states “the father of MODERN science fiction”
And Jules Verne wrote From The Earth to The Moon the year before Wells was born, Heck! Bertie was still pooping in his diapers when Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
He already did one on Mary Shelley before he ever made this video.
I liked this before even watching it. That's how reliable these videos always are.
And did you write this comment before you liked the video?
@@TheAppleCap Yes, why?
@@gdaylilpiggy following a logical order, I see.
1:10 - Chapter 1 - Bertie begins
3:55 - Chapter 2 - Mr Wells the teacher
6:05 - Mid roll ads
7:25 - Chapter 3 - Romancing the science
10:55 - Chapter 4 - A "serious" writer
14:15 - Chapter 5 - The patient wife
16:20 - Chapter 6 - The shape of things to come
- Chapter 7 -
- Chapter 8 -
- Chapter 9 -
- Chapter 10 -
One of the best things about reading the War of the Worlds was discovering just how closely the Jeff Wayne rock opera had kept to the original story.
Interesting fact: the first book I bought at a garage sale: was, DRUMS ROLL: HG Wells' THE WAR OF THE WORLDS 🌎. ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCI-FI BOOKS OF ALL TIME. STILL, Thanks to Biographics for details about the Author
That was the first book I bought at the local bookstore when I was a teenager. Way back then, you can buy a paperback for under $1.
It was one of my earlier sci-fi books myself, though the ending was a bit underwhelming.
1818 Frankenstein - Mary Shelley - first science-fiction writer
Read the title of this presentation, the clue is right there. Mary Shelley definitely wasn't "modern".
She (much like HG Wells) helped shape science fiction, but before her was Lucian of Samosata and before him were probably plenty more that we'll never know of.
“We must not allow the clock and calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery”
H.G. Wells
I’m reading war of the worlds right now. When I was younger I lived next to the horsell common in surrey for five years, you can still see a statue of the Martian in Woking :)
Well how do you like it?
@@Schneter I really like it! So far he's completely forgotton about his wife though, waiting for him to remember he dropped her off and go get her.
@@echoskirmish5203 keep on reading, it's gonna be really interesting I can tell you without spoiling
@@Schneter I just finished it! WOW
@@echoskirmish5203 It was really good wasn't it? I liked it too
I would love to hear more about A.A.Milne and how one of his fictional characters became the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.
lol, beautiful! I'd upvote you more if I could.
😂
I love H.G. Wells and bought a collection to read to my kids... As teenagers they also love it and all things science fiction. Thank you Simon!!
HG Wells got one on Boris Karloff once. He was visiting the Warner Bros. studios while Karloff was filming "The Walking Dead" (the 1936 film, of course). Wells noticed a chicken heart on the set, and he was told that it was going to be used in the film. To Karloff, Wells sardonically remarked "I suppose that's your stand in?"
Karloff exploded into laughter. He loved that.
I always thought that the Morlocks were a *warning* to the Eloi; that the rich can only oppress the poor for so long before they fight back.
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818
And Jules Verne wrote Journey to The Center of The Earth When Herbert was still a "dirty thought" in his parents ' mind!
Isn't Mary Shelly supposed to be the inventor of Science Fiction ?
Frankenstein wasn't fiction, he was a monster.
And Jules Verne, and Edgar Allan Poe
I read the time machine in my science fiction class. Great book by an even more impressive man
You can't label someone the or even a father of science fiction when the originator, Mary Shelly, pioneered the genre decades before this person was even born 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Right?! 🙃🙃
One of my favorite Science fiction writers next to Issac Asimov and C.S. Lewis.
Is a Jesus Lion really science fiction?
@@SatansSimgma I guess it would depend on how you look at it. I've never read that one.
@@SatansSimgma There's also the Planetary trilogy.
Gotta do one for Dante Alighieri
Wells might be the father, but let us not forget sci-fi's mother, Mary Shelley
What about Jules Verne? Wells was still pooping on his diapers when Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Who would be science fiction drunk uncle?
No scifi existed since the Greeks sorry hun!
Please do one about William of Orange
I never thought about "the Time Machine" that way, literally eat the rich.
This is going to be good. Love H. G. WELLS! Ahead of his time; and relevant today.
How the hell does Simon/his team have time to research all these topics, write up the scripts, and film these videos as often as they do while having as many channels as he has????
Simon Whistler: The Father of Educational UA-cam 😏😂
One of his books was on Jeopardy the other day (The Time Machine). I didn’t read it but watched the movie. Still got it right even though the clue discussed it’s chapters
Truly one of my favorite authors. Thank you so much for covering his fascinating life.
I think he would have enjoyed modern technology very much!
I am glad you said 'one of the fathers of science fiction' as Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback have been called the same as well.
Didn’t Mary Shelley write science fiction before H.G. Wells?
@@AmigoAmpz - And Lucian of Samosata before her... and probably cavemen whose stories are lost in time... unless we develop some sort of machine that could help us recover them.
Your channel has given me a lot of insight and I am hooked right now. Keep up the good work👍👍
I live only a 5 minute drive from HG WELLS home Spade House in Sandgate,Kent,. He also had another house in sandgate before and for the first 3 yrs of my life I lived just a couple of hundred yards from both. I Love The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, The invisible Man.
I read The Time Machine at least once a year. For me, it's perfect.
oh this was great thank you! I hope you'll do one of my all time fave authors, Arthur Conan Doyle! Pretty please?
The time machine was and still is my favorite book from H. G. Wells I still have the hard cover copy of the great illustration classics might hand it down to my kids
Wells is the inventor of one of the most popular pastimes for the young (and not so young): strategy board games with miniatures. Millions of fans of games like Warhammer 40000 or De Bellis Antiquitatis, who daily drag various miniature figures on the most different boards and terrains around the world (or virtual versions on the computer) are the heirs of Herbert George, who pioneered this type of entertainment with the book "Board Games" published in 1911. After this book, he also wrote "Little Wars" (1913), which is dedicated to the development of this type of social games, but also to their role in the development of intelligence and education for children. Role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons or Call of Cthulhu, are partly inspired by Wells' ideas.
How about one on General Norman Schwarzkopf?
Whew....after no vids from the Simonverse yesterday, I had suspicions that Danny may have broke free from the basement to exact revenge for his captivity. Thank goodness you are ok Simon...I would probably quit UA-cam like a bad habit if not for you and your many channels! ☕🚬🍻
Never fear - not just a new video, but A NEW CHANNEL. I think it's #13.
Possible future biograhpics?
Victor Hugo - French novelist, famous for "Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables"
Leonard Cohen - singer/songwriter and musician
Gord Downie - singer for The Tragically Hip and philanthropist
Ludwig van Beethoven - famous classical composer
Robert Baden-Powell - military officer and founder of the Scout Movement
Stephen Sondheim - Composer and lyricist of several Broadway shows (Into The Woods, Sweeney Todd, Company, etc.)
Amazing as always Biographics
Leonard Cohen was also a poet...✌🇨🇦
Biographics: *posted 48 minutes ago*
Me: "Well...time to take my lunch break!"
I read HG Wells back in the 5th grade. His works are still to this day among my favorites.
I was waiting for this one. Amazing job as always. I’d love to see you cover Walt Whitman.
Y'all should make a biographic style channel on cities and towns
They already have something similar, Geographics!
Great video. You have a knack for making dry details interesting. I think you should do a video on the actor Boris Karloff, he's almost forgotten these days, but was a big star in the old days.
pls make an episode on George carlin.
Please do one on Jules Verne!
at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet
Now that I am reminded that war of the worlds was a Victorian novel, I would like to see it being adapted once again but as a period piece this time.
The closest we currently have is listening to the Jeff Wayne rock opera.
From midhurst and now live in Southsea so this I have been waiting for!! Also worked in a hotel he worked in for a while, went to the same school and everything.... The war of the worlds is my personal favourite 🤘💪 thank you blaze boi
Yaaasssss! I have been looking forward to this one! The perfect background for cooking supper! That you for all of the hard work!
Do one about Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia.
They were savagely betrayed, but he held them together
I'm calling it right now. Simon is gonna make another channel focusing on literature and arts called: *MediaGraphics*
This video is one of the best I've seen you do. Wonderful nuggets of information about Wells. I also laughed aloud several times because you did a video last week and were racking your mind trying to think of Wells' name. It had to do with the urban myth of thousands of people killing themselves when hearing the radio broadcast of War Of The Worlds.
Both popular and great, Wells is now classic, the father of "sci-fi". Thanks! 🙂
PS: Read my "GREEN FIRE: Tommy & Ruthie's Blues" (Amazon) A philosophical adventure of time travel and love against the background of war and revolution in the 20th Century. Even girls might like it! 😲
A sci-fi writer way ahead of his time with a fascinating style. deja vu
14:52. They moved in together in January 1984 but married on 27th October 1895….. time travel!
I was looking to see if anyone commented on that slip. Lol
Read the 'Crystal Egg' which is the 1st part to the World of the Worlds. It's kinda creepy but really good; it is also a short story.
I can't even imagine how crushing it must have been to predict both World Wars based on nothing but his perception of society and be proven right both times.
Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job
No mention he wrote first miniature war game rules. Thanks HG, great hobby
Interesting video on a great writer. No mention has been made of the country of the blind, which is one of his many masterpieces
Great video, you guys should do Lee Kwan yew next
Gosh wasn't that a roller-coaster of a Biography
You need to cover sci fi author Robert Heinlein. Many of the ideas he wrote about have become reality. He also had a long history of helping out other authors, research what he did for Philip K Dick who wrote the book that brought us Bladerunner.
Wow! Wells had a long and very interesting life. I do love his writing, was ahead of his time. The Time Machine movie starring Rod Taylor made in 1960 is a wonderful story and for those who haven't seen it I implore you do! The book is very short which surprised me
Now you've done H.G. Wells, do an episode on Jules Verne!
Mary Shelley "am I a joke to you?"
Mary Shelley has entered the chat
Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure and one of the most important in Irish history.
So H G Wells wrote The War of the World's, and Orson Welles announced and directed the Halloween prank on the radio of the story.
Whilst H.G. Wells' sci-fi works are, undoubtedly, the headline act, please don't underestimate his 'other' novels, recommended amongst which I would include 'The History of Mr Polly', 'Kipps' and the prescient morality tale 'Tonay Bungay'.
Edgar Rice Burroughs next please
I guess Mr Wells made good use of his time machine, moving in with Jane in 1984... @ 14:51
That was great Simon. How about Nikolia Gogol next.
Genuinely believe Things to come isn’t given the respect it deserves. I know it’s not as influential as 1984 or Brave new world but I think it’s still important as it represents genuine fears
I’m wondering if you all would ever be willing to do one on Governor George Wallace? I think his trip from moderate to the face of segregation, his presidential campaign and assassination attempt, all the way back to moderate is an interesting story. Just how chasing the vote and populism can change someone for the worse.
Hey, Rockstar! At 17:26(ish) "Initially" is SUPER a different take. Please check levels before subbing in other takes. ALL MY LOVE!!!! You are AMAZING!!!!
IMHO the Spirit of Wonder manga and anime are pretty interesting takes on those early science fiction novels.
Trying to think what channel you'd put it on, but I'd love to hear you delve into various literature, as you mentioned you couldn't today with Wells' works. I do like your narration.
Anyone else catch he said when Jane moved in together he said it was 1984 but it was 1894. Orwell strikes again
Jane and Bertie moved in together in January 1984. Was that a reference to Orwell's novel, or just a slight slip up. They moved in together in 1894 ;)
My favorites are 'the invisible man' & 'war of the worlds'
Was a very captivating episode, and much enjoyed!
Thank U Sir.🙏🏿🔥🇯🇲
HG Wells also had a great podcast, The Dead Authors podcast.
Tom Horn - the assassin for big ranchers in Wyoming who may or may not was framed for murder in early 1900s. Nothing like the historically inaccurate 1980 Steve McQueen film.
Out of all hos work, I've only read The Invisible Man and I enjoyed it.
THANK YOU! At last! Thank you thank you thank you!!!
Excellent as always. H.G. Wells, stories still relevant today. You have done so many now. Wondering if there are 1 or 2 missing? Have you done Hippocrates? Did a search via youtube and was surprised to find your channel did not appear. Probably my feeble search parameters.Hippos yes, but not the father of medicine? As said its probably just my poor search criteria..
I wonder if Biographics would have the guts to do a video on Machado de Assis...
Good video 👍
H. G WELLS: The father of science fiction.
Orson Wells: The father of science fact.
Never herd of this bloke (guy) until now
Wish I did 👍👍
Ha my grandad was Named Bertie! 😁😁
Probably a Rugby Football injury for kidney damage like that, the Welsh are well known for their love of Rugby.
1:43 Well if I didn't just learn a new word!
Wow now that's a man who changed humanity for the good!!!