The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself invisible, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in…mehr
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man to whom the title refers is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and who invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light. He carries out this procedure on himself and renders himself invisible, but fails in his attempt to reverse it. A practitioner of random and irresponsible violence, Griffin has become an iconic character in horror fiction.
While its predecessors, The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau, were written using first-person narrators, Wells adopts a third-person objective point of view in The Invisible Man. The novel is considered influential, and helped establish Wells as the "father of science fiction"
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H.G. Wells is often considered the father of science fiction, his seminal work being The Invisible Man. He also authored The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, among other works now considered classics. Howie Green came to international attention with the publication of his first book Jazz Fish Zen. His work has garnered over forty-five awards and won Absolut Vodka's 25th Anniversary art competition in Boston, MA. Howie's work has been featured in over forty solo and group shows. He has created over fifty public art pieces and murals including three Cow Parade figures, a holiday mural for Boston City Hall, four giant golf balls for the PGA Tour in Rochester, NY, and two of his car designs were chosen as finalists in Volkswagen Polo's design competition in Copenhagen, Denmark. Geoff Redknap is a writer and director with twenty-five years of experience in film and television as a special makeup effects artist and puppeteer. Geoff has worked on over eighty film and television projects, including: Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Terminator: Dark Fate, Deadpool 1 & 2, The Predator, I,Robot, Watchmen, and The X-Files. As a writer/director, his award-winning short films played festivals all over the world, as did his critically-acclaimed feature film The Unseen, a dramatic sci-fi thriller that reimagined H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man.
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