This story is an interesting exploration of both the senses (and we suddenly rea

lise how precious our sight is to us), and of society. Different abilities are g
reeted with disbelief and concern for the health of the person gifted with them,
which really rang bells for me in terms of other works like John Wyndham s The Chr
ysalids .
They also lead me to compare them to another piece of science fiction I am readi
ng at the moment, which is much more modern, but which uses that style I find im
mensely irritating of frenetic creation
H.G. Wells and other great Sci-Fi authors (I do have a particular soft spot for
John Wyndham and Philip.K. Dick), do not need to resort to this sort of thing to
tell a great story. They use description and plain English to sweep us of and a
bsorb us in wonderful and strange worlds.
When reading the story, I marveled at Wells s ability to bring to life the fictiti
ous world of the blind through great detail and vivid imagery. It s one of the sto
ries that I can read and re-read and never get tired of it thanks to Wells s exqui
site use of language and his appealing style.
author:
Herbert George H.G. Wells (21 September 1866 13 August 1946) was an English author
, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolif
ic writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics
and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games. Togethe
r with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback, Wells has been referred to as The Father o
f Science Fiction. Some of his early novels, called scientific romances , invented a
number of themes now classic in science fiction in such works as The Time Machi
ne, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The War of the Worlds, When
the Sleeper Wakes, and The First Men in the Moon.