H.G. Wells: the OG Sci-Fi king 👑🚀💥

aka the Victorian dude who basically invented half your fave sci-fi tropes 🛸🔬🧠

🧃 Who Even Was H.G. Wells?

Before there was Black Mirror, Stranger Things, or even Doctor Who — there was Herbert George Wells, aka H.G. Wells, born in 1866 in England, and single-handedly out here serving sci-fi realness before it was even a thing.

This man looked at the polite, powdered world of Victorian literature and went:

“What if… we put a man on Mars, let people turn invisible, genetically mutated animals into human hybrids, and made a literal Uber for time?”

And then he wrote it all — and it slapped.

Wells wasn’t just making stuff up for giggles. He was dragging society with every page. Industrialism, capitalism, colonialism, class divides — he took it all and disguised it under aliens, time machines, and creepy Morlocks. We love a literary mastermind who makes you question reality and entertains.

📚 What I’m Gonna Do In This Blog Series

I’m diving headfirst into the Wells-verse, but make it ✨ Gen Z ✨. That means:

• 🧠 Big Ideas explained like we’re texting at 2 a.m.

• 🎬 Pop Culture Crossovers (‘cause tell me the Eloi aren’t just low-energy influencers and the Morlocks aren’t horror-core miners)

• 💀 Existential Crises but fun-sized

• 😮‍💨 Hot Takes & Literary Roasts (yes, even on Wells himself — respectfully)

Each post will break down a different iconic work:

• The Time Machine Or: When a Victorian Guy Invents a Time Uber and Gets Ghosted by the Future 🛠️🕰️💨

• The War of the Worlds Or: When Mars Said “New Phone, Who Dis?” and Invaded Earth Anyway 🚀👽🔊

• The Island of Dr. Moreau Or: Welcome to Fur-ankenstein’s Island of Nightmares 🧬🦍🔬

• The Invisible Man Or: Just Because You Can’t See Him Doesn’t Mean He’s Not Causing Chaos 🧪👨‍🔬🫥

• The First Men in the Moon Or: When a Broke Businessman and a Mad Scientist Crash a Lunar Rave 🌝💥

🪐 Why H.G. Wells Still Hits

Let’s be real — in a world of TikTok AI filters and billionaires launching themselves into orbit, Wells feels more relevant than ever. He didn’t just predict the future; he warned us.

He saw tech as a tool and a trap. He clocked the dangers of unchecked power, fake progress, and people playing god. He invented science fiction as a genre with purpose — not just laser guns and alien vibes, but real-world anxiety, served with a Victorian twist.

Wells said:

“Let’s imagine the wildest future possible and then ask: what does this say about us?”

And that’s exactly what we’re doing here.
So buckle up, grab your emotional support time machine, and get ready to time-travel through the mind of a literary legend.