Who is H.G. Wells?
That’s what many Googlers are asking after an elaborate three weeks of mysterious logos on the Google homepage. But the company lifted the veil early this morning, explaining the series of UFO-inspired doodles. First came the Sept. 5 image of a UFO abducting the second O in Google’s name. The odd picture came with the cryptic Twitter tweet: 1.12.12 25.15.21.18 15 1.18.5 2.5.12.15.14.7 20.15 21.19. Each number stood for a corresponding letter (1 is A, 2 is B, etc.) All together the coded message comes out as “All your O are belong to us,” which Google acknowledged this morning was a reference to the infamously poor translation, “All your base are belong to us,” from the Japanese video game Zero Wing. Last weekend brought the second UFO sighting on Google’s homepage. This time inspired by crop circles, the Google doodle showed a flying saucer sculpting the company’s name into an illustrated corn field. As we wrote last Monday, “to add to the mystery, Google posted the coordinates “51.327
Glad you asked. H.G. Wells was the father of science fiction! (Jules Verne fans will say the same about Jules Verne: it’s like Beatles fans vs. Stones fans) H.G. Wells is the guy who wrote War of the Worlds. The War of the Worlds radio broadcast scared the crap out of every radio listener in America on October 30, 1938. I like his style. H.G. Wells also wrote The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The Shape of Things to Come. Born in 1866, H.G. Wells expressed himself through writing, sketching and marrying his cousin. He and Jerry Lee Lewis have something in common. I totally called this one last week.
