H. G. WellsbrFull name Herbert George Wells.br1866 1946brA famous English writer who worked in many literary genres. brbrH. G. Wells is best remembered for his science fiction novels and is called a father of science fiction; his most notable works include The Time Machine The Island of Doctor Moreau The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds. brbrThe Invisible Man is a science fiction novella originally published in 1897. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a bodys refractive index to that of air thus becoming invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself but fails in his attempt to reverse it.