H. G. WELLS: Aspects of a Life

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This copy is in fine, unmarked condition bound in black cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in fine condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. A lucid and eminently readable biography of H G Wells which shows how the man's upbringing, self image and 'free-love' life influenced his work. The Science Fiction, (what were then called Scientific Romances) for which he most noted are only fraction of his prodigious output, none of which made him famous in his own time or were considered his best work. Some like In the Days of the Comet. made him infamous. Osentensibly a simple SF premise, a passing comet leaves a chemical in the air that when breathed nullifies irrational behaviour. It was lambasted for the suggestion that the now rational characters engaged in free love; thus promoting promiscuity. He was so much more than an author of seminal clever works. For example the biographer (his son) believes he developed the idea of " . new super businesses and conglomerates as being comparable to the spread of cancer through a living body," through the novels When the Sleeper Wakes, The Food of the Gods & Tono-Bungay. Ref BBB 5. Seller Inventory # 026024

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