The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

H. G. Wells (1866–1946) was born Herbert George Wells in Bromley, England. Wells came from a working-class background. His father played professional cricket and ran a hardware store for a time. Wells’s parents were often worried about his poor health. At the age of seven, he had an accident that left him bedridden for several months. His first novel, The Time Machine, was an instant success and Wells produced a series of science fiction novels which pioneered our ideas of the future. His later work focused on satire and social criticism. Wells laid out his socialist views of human history in his Outline of History. He forecasted the rise of major cities and suburbs, economic globalization, and aspects of future military conflicts. Remarkably, considering his support for women and women’s rights, Wells did not predict the rise of women in the workplace.

Martha H. Weller has always loved reading and had eclectic tastes ranging from self-help and training books to fictional works and the classics. She has advanced degrees in French, but also studied German and Spanish. She worked in technology-based fields both as a designer of educational materials and a developer/programmer of multimedia content.