This is a sensitive study of Wells' imaginative development during his formative years.
Contains biographical material on Wells as well as a chronology and a list of his works, but focuses on the criticism of Wells' science fiction. Includes a bibliography of works about Wells.
"Between the late nineteenth century and the outbreak of the First World War, many prominent thinkers in Britain and the United States elaborated a vision for the unification of the English-speaking world into a single political entity. The basis for this utopian thinking was a …
"The author examines Well's works through the poststructuralist philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Concepts now synonymous with science fiction ... such as time travel, alien invasion and transhumanism ... demonstrate Wells's intrinsic relevance to the science fiction genre and conte…
"The author examines Well's works through the poststructuralist philosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Concepts now synonymous with science fiction--such as time travel, alien invasion and transhumanism--demonstrate Wells's intrinsic relevance to the science fiction genre and contemporar…
"This book investigates Wells's interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. Previous studies have concentrated on adaptations: this study accounts for the specifically (proto)ci…
This book investigates Wells?s interest in cinema and related media technologies, by placing it back into the contemporary cultural and scientific contexts giving rise to them. It plugs a gap in understanding Wells?s contribution to exploring and advancing the possibilities of c…