H. G. Wells and the World StateYale University Press, 1961 - 301 pages |
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Page 82
... science - fiction has created a fresh market for Wells ' early scientific romances , and from these alone a powerful case could be constructed against the notion that Wells " believed " in progress . His son Anthony West published a ...
... science - fiction has created a fresh market for Wells ' early scientific romances , and from these alone a powerful case could be constructed against the notion that Wells " believed " in progress . His son Anthony West published a ...
Page 95
... science could do neither good nor evil . If used to advance human welfare , it could supply the means for a world Utopia . If misused , it might wreck civilization . Wells ' scientific romances recorded in- vention after invention put ...
... science could do neither good nor evil . If used to advance human welfare , it could supply the means for a world Utopia . If misused , it might wreck civilization . Wells ' scientific romances recorded in- vention after invention put ...
Page 272
... books except The Outline of History in the United States , only the science - fiction novels and short sto- ries are still in heavy demand ; and The Time Machine , the earliest and best known of the scientific romances , is the first ...
... books except The Outline of History in the United States , only the science - fiction novels and short sto- ries are still in heavy demand ; and The Time Machine , the earliest and best known of the scientific romances , is the first ...
Contents
Acknowledgments vii | 1 |
The Prophetic Office | 12 |
Fundamental Assumptions | 60 |
Copyright | |
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