I have long been a fan of HG Wells, whose writing at the end of the nineteenth century including The Time Machine , The Island of Doctor Moreau and The Invisible Man established him as the father of science fiction. The latter of these novels chronicles the random and irresponsible violence of a scientist named Griffin, whose research into optics and the refraction of light allow him to become invisible. The classic 1933 film starring Claude Rains employed bandaging to reveal the location of the unseen main character. Special effects have advanced a bit. 1933 - Claude Rains So it was with delight in high school English class that I dove into my copy of Invisible Man only to find that it was the Ralph Ellison 1952 novel about individual identity among African Americans of the day. It is a great book, but not what I was expecting. There have been several remakes of this film, but the current release of The Invisible Man is a great reboot of the Wells concept, starrin