H.G Wells “Adapt or perish, now or never, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” (Wells) As an author H.G Wells is best known for his book War of the Worlds. This book, as well as many others, founded and influenced the entire Science-Fiction genre. Wells’ writing was heavily inspired by his life. On September 21, 1866 Herbert George Wells was born. As a child, he grew up in Bromley, United Kingdom. When he was seven years old, Wells had an accident that left him bedridden with a broken leg. To pass the time, he read many books which put him on the path of writing. He attended multiple colleges, where he met multiple people that impacted him. One of these was T.H Huxley, who was a Darwinist. Huxley inspired him to write about science. Interesting