The Time Machine, the title character from
The Invisible Man, and the alien death machines from
The War of the Worlds, but in their illustration of the latter’s iconic Martian tripods… the alien vehicles have four legs instead of three.
Patrick Parrinder of the H.G. Wells Society wrote, “Three legs good, four legs bad. It’s a shame that the artist didn’t pick that out.” SF writer Adam Roberts (vice president of the Wells Society) spotted another error: “Not only did Wells’ Tripods have
three legs, Griffin, his invisible man, does not wear a top hat (he arrives at Iping, face bandaged under a ‘wide-brimmed hat’). So it’s two for two.”
Rob Picheta, CNN A new British coin commemorating the pioneering science fiction author HG Wells has been criticized for featuring multiple errors including the decision to give his famous.
Fans of H.G. Wells cry foul over errors in commemorative coin
The coin has irked some fans of Wells who quickly spotted what they described as flaws and botched imagery in the coins design, which was inspired by the authors books. The Royal Mint via The New York Times.
by Johnny Diaz
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- The idea was to create a commemorative coin to celebrate the work of H.G. Wells, the British writer, historian and sociologist best known for the novels The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man.
But the 2-pound coin that the Royal Mint in Britain unveiled this week has irked some fans of Wells who quickly spotted what they described as flaws and botched imagery in the coins design, which was inspired by the authors books.
Fans of H.G. Wells Cry Foul Over Errors in Commemorative Coin
The two-pound coin from the Royal Mint features imagery from Wells’s books. But fans noted that the writer’s Martian tripods have three legs, not four.
The coin was released by The Royal Mint to mark 75 years since the death of H.G. Wells.Credit.The Royal Mint
Published Jan. 7, 2021Updated Jan. 8, 2021
The idea was to create a commemorative coin to celebrate the work of H.G. Wells, the British writer, historian and sociologist best known for the novels “The War of the Worlds” and “The Invisible Man.”