A scientist discovers how to make himself invisible but cannot reverse it, and his isolation curdles into megalomania and terror. A parable of power without accountability.
The Rainbow by D. H. Lawrence: “She was reminded of the Invisible Man, who was a piece of darkness made visible only by his clothes.”
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan: “In the stack, there are copies of Moby-Dick, Ulysses, The Invisible Man—this is a bar for bibliophiles.”
Matilda by Roald Dahl: “Library reading list: "The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells"”
How to Read and Why by Harold Bloom: “The Invisible Man, like Jonah, is always in repression, to which Freud assigned the metaphor of fleeing.”
Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin: “The Time Machine, The First Men in the Moon, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau—these are what the name H. G. Wells means to most people.”