THE INVISIBLE MAN, SBS, T540

NEW YORK: SCHOLASTIC BOOK SERVICES, 1970 Wells, H. G. (1866¿1946), British novelist and social critic, regarded as one of the pioneers of science fiction. His most famous works in this genre are The Time Machine (1895), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1897). NICE LOOKING PAPERBACK WITH GOOD ARTWORK ON COVER, THREE PAGES WERE FOLDED BUT LOOK FINE, NO INTERNAL MARKINGS. february 1970 5th edition. The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells published in 1897. Originally serialized in Pearson's Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it absorbs and reflects no light and thus becomes invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse the procedure. Instead, his plight becomes known. GREAT BOOK. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE HISTORY LIVES.