What is the name of the main character of the science fiction book set in the village of Iping ? 
Iping:  It is the setting of the classic H. G. Wells science fiction book "The Invisible Man". The Invisible Man:  The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible.
Griffin