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The Early Fiction of H.G. Wells

Fantasies of Science

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  • © 2009

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  1. Steven McLean
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Steven McLean
      Pages 1-8

  3. Misadventures in a Post-Darwinian Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Heart of Darkness: The Time Machine and Retrogression

      • Steven McLean
      Pages 11-40

    3. ‘An Infernally Rum Place’: The Island of Doctor Moreau and Degeneration

      • Steven McLean
      Pages 41-61

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 193-242
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About this book

This book explores the relationship between H.G. Wells's scientific romances and the discourses of science in the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century. It investigates how Wells utilizes his early fiction to participate in a range of topical scientific disputes and, increasingly, as a means to instigate social reform.

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'Admirably free of jargon or gobbledegook, the book is written in an engaging, articulate and fluent style that makes it a pleasure to read...a handsome and well bound volume...comprehensive and scholarly, yet at the same highly readable. Any student embarking on a study of the scientific romances will find it invaluable.' - The Wells Newsletter

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BERGONZI; The Early H.G.Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances; Prentice Hall, 1976; Classic study but not updated and now out of print PARRINDER; Shadows of the Future: H.G.Wells, Science and Prophecy; Syracuse UP, 1996; Different focus from our book, looking particularly at science fiction and prophecy where our book focuses on the links between Wells's works and contemporary scientific debates WAGAR; H.G.Wells: Traversing Time; Wesleyan University Press, 2004 (new ed); More general account of Wells's life and works - does not look in depth at wider relationship with science HAYNES; H.G.Wells : Discoverer of the Future: The Influence of Science on his Thought; New York UP, 1980; Examines science throughout Wells's life but not as specific or detailed as our book

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