![]() ![]() The most engaging chapters are when Griffin explains how he became invisible I’m no scientist, and yet despite his explanations being over 120 years old, nevertheless I found Wells’ description pleasingly plausible. In Wells’ novella Griffin is equally unhinged in his pursuit of both invisibility, and in trying to reverse the process. A Google image search found a photo of Griffin that still chilled my spine over thirty years later – deadly red eyes gleaming as the colour sweated out of him… Surely invisibility was a gift, and not a curse? This, combined with his being swathed in bandages to hide his invisibility, made Griffin a very unnerving figure but what also disturbed me was how he looked when the serum began to take hold. This was a man who found it almost impossible to control his rage but what did he have to be so furious about? What particularly struck me was just how angry Griffin was with the world around him. ![]() When I was 10, I vividly remember watching the BBC’s version of The Invisible Man, a series that was originally planned to be shown in the tea-time ‘classic serials’ slot – until the BBC Head of Drama pronounced that it was ‘ too frightening for a Sunday afternoon… far too horrific.’ĭespite being placed in a later weekday slot, this was evidently still not late enough I watched the whole series and it scared the pants off me. Wells’ science fiction classic, even though I’ve only now come round to reading the novella itself. I’ve had a long relationship with Griffin, the invisible protagonist of H.G. ![]()
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