Hg Wells facts
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Author HG Wells pretty much created the template for the modern day disaster movie with his 1897 short story "The Star". It tells of the Earths near miss with a meteor who's gravitational pull causes earthquakes, tidal waves, and the melting of the ice caps. Millions are killed.
how did hg wells die?
When a radio station in Ecuador in 1949 broadcasted a dramatization of HG Wells book War of the Worlds, people panicked thinking martians were invading. When the radio station announced it was fake, people crowded outside and burned it down, killing over 10 people.
What did hg wells die of?
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what is hg wells best known for?
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HG Wells was basically a huge nerd. He invented a tabletop wargame, like Warhammer, and once complained that a game was ruined by the "chattering of lady visitors."
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Winston Churchill was a massive sci-fi fan and he might have stolen his famous “iron Curtain” line from a HG Wells book
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J.M. Barrie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, HG Welles, A.A. Milne and others all played on the same cricket team.
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House of Pain got it's name from HG Well's Island of Dr. Moreau
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In 1933, under the presidency of HG Wells, PEN after much debate, come out strongly in favor of defending free speech in the face of Nazi persecution
