H. G. Wells: Critic of Progress

by Jack Williamson

Examines Wells' criticism of the idea of progress as expressed in his early science fiction

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1973

About the author

John Stewart Williamson who wrote as Jack Williamson (and occasionally under the pseudonym Will Stewart) was a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction".

Reviews

[Steve Joyce · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was impressed by this treatise when I first read it long ago (after all... one Science Fiction Master writing on another...).

However, I just turned to it to get some background on Wells' Star Begotten (which I had just read). There is no entry. Similarly, at random, I looked for War in the Air. Nothing.

Granted, Williamson notes that the book evolved from a Masters paper on Wells' early fiction but it nonetheless falls short as a comprehensive resource.