The controversial depiction of a War of the Worlds machine on a Royal Mint design was actually an artistic choice. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

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 from “The ...

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 ...

Stevenson stays behind and briefly asks Wells about the machine and how it works. Wells and Stevenson are complete opposites: Where Wells is cautious and careful, Stevenson is a more devil may care ...