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The War in the Air
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H. G. Wells's 1908 novel imagines a devastating global conflict fought with airships and aircraft, following an ordinary Englishman caught up in the collapse of civilization. It will interest readers of early science fiction and those studying speculative depictions of modern warfare.
H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Herbert George Wells was an English writer, prolific in many genres. He wrote more than forty novels and dozens of short stories. His non-fiction output included works of social commentary, politics, history, popular science, satire, biography, and autobiography. Wells is most known today for his groundbreaking science fiction novels; he has sometimes been called the "father of science fiction", a title that has also been given to Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback.
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