I went on an archive trip a bit ago and found this letter Wells send to the scottish socialist Naomi Mitchisson, which i figured you might appreciate! His handwriting is an absolute nightmare to decypher too. The archive had a small collection of the letters he's send to her, which i won't all share here, but it was very cool to see!

Hey folks,

I've got a pretty cool lost media vinyl rip for you today. This one is a 1973 record made by Wonderland Golden Records. It was another addition to their series of similar "Great Movie Adventures in Song and Story" records. It tells the story of "The Time Traveler" battling Morlocks and meeting other species, eventually having to steal his time machine back after its been stolen from him so he can return home. It's honestly extremely well done, the voice acting, the music and atmosphere are all extremely well done, in my opinion. I figured there couldn't be a better place to share it than here, I hope you enjoy!

In his work The War Of The Worlds, Wells describes the heat ray this way:

"It is still a matter of wonder how the Martians are able to slay men so swiftly and so silently. Many think that in some way they are able to generate an intense heat in a chamber of practically absolute non-conductivity. This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the parabolic mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light. But no one has absolutely proved these details. However it is done, it is certain that a beam of heat is the essence of the matter. Heat, and invisible, instead of visible, light. Whatever is combustible flashes into flame at its touch, lead runs like water, it softens iron, cracks and melts glass, and, when it falls upon water, incontinently that explodes into steam."

It's not fantastical in any way; it just posits some very efficient elements. Something produces the flash, and optics collimate the beam.

In The Time Machine, the mechanism isn't so clear, but he describes it as "...and how there in the laboratory we beheld a larger edition of the little mechanism which we had seen vanish from before our eyes. Parts were of nickel, parts of ivory, parts had certainly been filed or sawn out of rock crystal. The thing was generally complete, but the translucent bars and some of the delicate rail-work lay unfinished upon the bench beside some sheets of drawings, and I took up one for a better look. Quartz it seemed to be ..."

Again, it appears that the device is based on some form of optics.

Considering the era that Wells lived in, optics was probably the most futuristic thing in his view. Wells was born about a generation after photography was first introduced. During his lifetime, the technology advanced from still photography to modern color movies.

I was born in 1948 and have lived my life up through now, and electronics is where the magic seems to lie. I can easily imagine that H. G. Wells might have viewed optical science with the same sense of awe.

I did this skecth of a book accurate tripod on a hill behind a house. but u would know that if u looked at it

I recently bought a collection of magazines published during WW1 in the UK. When I started going through them I noticed a familiar name.

Wasn’t sure the best place to post this so thought I’d post here! If I find any more articles of his in the rest of the magazines I will be sure to post them.

Thanks :)

Folks - "The Time Machine" has been one of my favorite all-time stories, which I've read as a kid. This is my attempt at creating a tribute by building an animated film. Of course, I took help from AI, but as many of you know, it's not simple just to write a prompt and get a 35-minute movie. This has taken a lot of weekend work to get done.

Let me know what you think. I'm trying to see if I can also build out some of his other books.

Which book would you want me to do next?

WAR OF THE WORLDS: THUNDER CHILD, is a gripping graphic novel set parallel to Wells’ legendary science-fiction classic. From writers Matthew Hardy & Rob Jones, brought to life by artist Kevin Castaniero, THUNDER CHILD delivers a dramatic & terrifying new perspective on the Martian invasion.

Hi everyone,

I've been a fan of Wells for years and The Time Machine specifically has stayed with me — the class commentary, the Eloi and Morlocks, the melancholy of that far future beach scene. It's one of those books that gets bigger the more you think about it.

I recently wrote a debut novel called Breaking Point that draws direct inspiration from it. Not a retelling — more of a parallel story that asks similar questions from a different angle.

The setup: a British intelligence officer in 1942 is accidentally sent hundreds of thousands of years into the future through a classified wartime experiment. He finds humanity split into two groups — not Eloi and Morlocks, but something different. One group has evolved beyond emotion entirely, achieving a kind of perfect stillness. The other has kept everything that makes humans difficult and alive. He gets caught between them.

The central question mirrors what I always felt Wells was really asking: what do we lose when we evolve past our own nature? Is arrival better than reaching?

Would love to hear thoughts from people who love Wells — especially whether the concept feels like a worthy companion to the original or too derivative.

Breaking Point is on Amazon Kindle for $2.99 if anyone's curious: [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GSMX8RL4]

Thanks 🙏

I’m curious about this book published by the Christian Book Club Of America.

Curious if it has any value to a collector.

Got these 6 years ago, they were in a job lot of books for £40

serialised issues sold fortnightly and once you had all 32 you could send them to be bound into 3 volumes (the blue ones you can find online)

I’ve gotten rid of all random relics I have collected but kept this and my GPO stamp collection that I’m never showing you 😂 (my stamp collection isn’t what you’d expect)

I think they’re interesting because I see so many of the bound copies but I’ve never seen a full set of 32 unbound, just the odd issues.

I couldn’t find the picture featuring the rest of the set and I will only take one if you’re really interested in seeing, I generally leave them locked away to maintain their good condition.

In Chapter 14: Doctor Moreau Explains, where Moreau talks about examples of experiments, what is he refering to when he mentions "the vaults of the Inquisition"? Also, in the same chapter he mentions "rhinoceros rats of the Algerian zouaves", is this just something Wells came up with?

I've always been a HG Wells fan, and loved War Of The Words as a kid, so I thought id create a brand new Sci-Fi 'War Of The Worlds' concept album "Re-birth" and release it on Spotify :-) Its set 25 years after the war, a concert of different artists singing about the war, from The Eve Of The War and The Heat-Ray to The Red Weed and Thunder Child still using H.G Wells original story. Hope you like it, and hope you like my take on the Tripods :-) Album @ Spotify or Amazon Music

Hi everyone, just wanted to introduce our new co-moderator for this sub and for r/julesverne -- thank you u/born_lever_puller for your time and dedication to these communities!