H. G. Wells had written the basis for his brief novel The Time Machine in a series of stories published in The Science Schools Journal in 1888. Labeled a dystopia by some critics, the story acts as a warning to… Read More ›
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Analysis of H. G. Wells’s The Invisible Man
H. G. Wells often used his science fiction tales to teach a moral lesson. In The Invisible Man, he warns against the abuse of scientific capability and the misuse of power it encourages. The protagonist, Griffin, was driven to find… Read More ›
Analysis of Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s The Coming Race
In Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1871 novel, The Coming Race, later classified as science fiction, the author writes a futuristic novel that complemented his historical fiction. In this plot, often considered a satire on Charles Darwin’s evolutionary theory, an American mining engineer… Read More ›
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