Showing posts with label H. G. Wells. Show all posts
Showing posts with label H. G. Wells. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2009

"Quote... Unquote"

My friend Michael in Washington, DC passed this on:

"Back in the 1900s, it was a wonderful experience for a boy to discover H.G. Wells. There you were, in a world of pedants, clergymen and golfers…and here was this wonderful man who could tell you about the inhabitants of the sea, and who knew that the future was not going to be what respectable people imagined." -George Orwell

One of the wonders of reading of my childhood - yes we had books back then - were the tales spun by Wells. I haven't looked at anything of his in years - I wonder if he is still read?

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