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"Another fantastic gathering of Wells' science fiction works that fans of the author should enjoy." --SciFiChick.com
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A second H.G. Wells omnibus collecting four classic SF tales, from the author of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE TIME MACHINE
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At last, an ornately presented decorative hardback editiion which collects all the principle Wellsian Utopias which provided the archetypical hopeful future vision which the great dystopians such as Huxley and Orwell reacted against.
These books are those which Wells created when his utopian enthusiasm overtook his interest in science fantasy, or what we today call science fiction, less popular than his straight stories, such as war of the worlds or the invisible man or the time machine, they are still great reads. A lot of reviews have suggested that plot and style suffer in order that Wells can expound his ideas about science and something resembling socialism (whose full working out did entail the eventual abscence of government and authoritarianism) providing a brighter tommorrow or alternative but I dont share that view at all.
In the first story a comet effects the necessary changes in human character to permit the restructuring of the world along more scientific and socialistic lines, the account is provided by someone who has lived through it and is similar in style to the war of the worlds narrator. Men Like Gods is a story of individuals from our time line visiting a parallel world in which science and the education have replaced government and all social or ideological divisions. The Sleeper Awakes is possibly more dystopian in which a world has evolved from the assets of a sleeper in suspended animation, it is an authoritarian and elitist place, in which the downtrodden masses live in hope of the sleeper awaking to rectify the situation. Finally The War in the Air anticipates aircraft and aerial combat, a little close to what Swift envisioned with Liliputians flying around and exacting "brain taxes" on surface dwellers in exchange for food as a scientific elite of aviators seek to control the course of world events in the wake of apocalyptic world war. This final story sees cycles of time in which science is in again-out again of favour and rabble rousers can exploit "this has gone too far" reasoning all too easily among the masses.
It really is a series of the most optimistic and imaginative writings, real attempts to develop the utopian vision from merely social hopes to scientifically informed visions. If you are a fan of Wells this is absolutely unmissable, if you enjoy utopian fiction likewise, if you are interested in the literary trends which Huxley found objectionable and satirised, again, this book is for you.
These books are those which Wells created when his utopian enthusiasm overtook his interest in science fantasy, or what we today call science fiction, less popular than his straight stories, such as war of the worlds or the invisible man or the time machine, they are still great reads. A lot of reviews have suggested that plot and style suffer in order that Wells can expound his ideas about science and something resembling socialism (whose full working out did entail the eventual abscence of government and authoritarianism) providing a brighter tommorrow or alternative but I dont share that view at all.
In the first story a comet effects the necessary changes in human character to permit the restructuring of the world along more scientific and socialistic lines, the account is provided by someone who has lived through it and is similar in style to the war of the worlds narrator. Men Like Gods is a story of individuals from our time line visiting a parallel world in which science and the education have replaced government and all social or ideological divisions. The Sleeper Awakes is possibly more dystopian in which a world has evolved from the assets of a sleeper in suspended animation, it is an authoritarian and elitist place, in which the downtrodden masses live in hope of the sleeper awaking to rectify the situation. Finally The War in the Air anticipates aircraft and aerial combat, a little close to what Swift envisioned with Liliputians flying around and exacting "brain taxes" on surface dwellers in exchange for food as a scientific elite of aviators seek to control the course of world events in the wake of apocalyptic world war. This final story sees cycles of time in which science is in again-out again of favour and rabble rousers can exploit "this has gone too far" reasoning all too easily among the masses.
It really is a series of the most optimistic and imaginative writings, real attempts to develop the utopian vision from merely social hopes to scientifically informed visions. If you are a fan of Wells this is absolutely unmissable, if you enjoy utopian fiction likewise, if you are interested in the literary trends which Huxley found objectionable and satirised, again, this book is for you.
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H. G. Wells Classic Collection II
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Appears to be a nice tome...looking forward to a fun read. Don't know what else to say other than it was a good value.
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i have received the book in fine condition and i an fully satisfied with it.
the five novels embodied in it are good and emjoyable
i have received the book in fine condition and i an fully satisfied with it.
the five novels embodied in it are good and emjoyable
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