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 “tripod” machine ...

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. By Johnny Diaz The idea was to create a ...

H.G. Wells fans call out four-legged Martian machine on UK tribute coin The controversial depiction of a War of the Worlds machine on a Royal Mint design was actually an artistic choice.

During the first half of his writing career, H.G. Wells (1866-1946) imagined a machine that would travel through time, the fearsome tripods of Martian invaders, a moon rocket powered by Cavorite ...

The tripods and invisible man as they’re described in H.G. Wells’ text are some of the most iconic images in all of literature.

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 “tripod” machine ...

The tripods are still coming. They’re just not from Mars anymore. Science fact trumps science fiction in Steven Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds” (opening worldwide on Wednesday), because we ...

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 “tripod” machine ...

The UK's new HG Wells coin features numerous errors, including a four-legged tripod. (Provided Photo/Royal Mint via CNN) by: Rob Picheta, CNN Posted: Jan 6, 2021 / 10:10 AM EST / Updated: Jan 6 ...

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 “tripod” machine ...