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POISONED WELLS; This week, the film War Of The Worlds opens. The man who wrote the original novel was lionised by the Left. In fact, he was a nasty, woman-hating racist who lived to see his ideas adopted by Hitler and Stalin.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20050628
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Byline: LEO MCKINSTRY

WITH HIS drooping moustache, portly frame, arrogant manner and high-pitched Cockney voice, H.G. Wells rarely struck his contemporaries as an impressive figure. 'A dumpy, bright-eyed, chirpy little man; he was unmistakably lower-middle class,' was the verdict of the snobbish historian A.L. Rowse.

Yet for all his lack of charisma, H.G. Wells was one of the most influential writers of modern times. He possessed a vivid imagination and an unrivalled gift for storytelling. It is no exaggeration to describe him as the father of science fiction.

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POISONED WELLS; This week, the film War Of The Worlds opens. The man who wrote the original novel was lionised by the Left. In fact, he was a nasty, woman-hating racist who lived to see his ideas adopted by Hitler and Stalin.

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