John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs ... I was fortunate to reach the village of Zan Dar without any difficulty. I flew over the village completely invisible, and descended slowly. I know that as soon as they see a Murgor ship, they will disappear into the woods surrounding the village, waiting to pounce on any Murgor who might be foolish enough to let the ship straighten its descent. I saw people in the village, when it dropped to within fifty feet of the ground. I stopped the ship, kept it at that altitude, and then demagnetized the hull. The ship immediately became visible, so I jumped towards the door and opened it so they could see I wasn't a Morgor. I waved to them, declared that I was a friend of Zan Dar, and asked permission to land. They agreed, and the ship slowly lowered toward Earth. The journey I took alone is over. I overcame seemingly impossible obstacles and reached my goal. Soon I had the incomparable Dejah Thoris in my arms again.

أديبٌ ومُفكِّرٌ إنجليزي، يُعَدُّ الأبَ الرُّوحيَّ لأَدبِ الخيالِ العلمي. كان ويلز غزيرَ الإنتاجِ في العديدِ من صُنوفِ الأدب، ومِن بَينِها الرِّوايَة، والقِصةُ القصيرة، والأعمالُ التاريخية والسياسية والاجتماعية؛ لكنْ ذاعَ صِيتُهُ ولا نَزالُ نَتذكَّرُهُ حتى اليَومِ مِن خِلالِ رِواياتِ الخيالِ العلميِّ التي كَتبَها، وأهمُّها «آلة الزمن». نَشرَ ويلز أُولى رِوايَاتِهِ المُسمَّاةَ ﺑ «آلة الزمن» عامَ ١٨٩٥م، وقد أَحدَثتْ ضجةً كُبرى وَقتَها في الأوساطِ الثقافية، كما لاقَتْ نجاحًا جماهيريًّا كبيرًا، ثم تَتابعَتْ أعمالُه فَقدَّمَ بَعدَ ذلكَ «جَزيرةُ الدكتور مورو» و«حَربُ العَوالِم» وغَيرَهما، التي حملتْ بعضًا مِن فلسفتِهِ وأفكارِه، وأَظهرَتْ توقُّعاتِهِ لِعالَمِ المُستقبَل.