Science Fiction Studies

H. G. Wells

• Articles
• Review Pages
• Notes and Correspondence
• The Books and Principal Pamphlets of H.G. Wells: A Chronological Survey
• The Early Science Journalism of H.G. Wells: A Chronological Survey

Articles

• BEAUMONT, Matthew . Red Sphinx: Mechanics of the Uncanny in The Time Machine
• CHRISTENSEN, John M. New Atlantis Revisited: Science and the Victorian Tale of the Future. #16, 5:3 [November 1978].243-49. (Full Text)
• EISENSTEIN, Alex. The Time Machine and the End of Man. #9, 3:2 [July 1976].161-65.
• EVANS, Arthur. The Origins of Science Fiction Criticism: From Kepler to Wells. #78, 26:2 [July 1999].163-86.(Full Text)
• DANAHAY, Martin A, ed. The War of the Worlds. (Ruddick) #96, 32:2 [July 2005].316-22.
• DEPAOLO, Charles. Wells, Golding, and Auel: Representing the Neanderthal. #82, 27:3 [November 2000].418-38.
• Editorial Introduction
• HUNTINGTON, John. Thinking by Opposition: The "Two-World" Structure in H.G. Wells's Short Fiction. #25, 8:3 [November 1981].240-54.
• ------. Utopian and Anti-Utopian Logic: H.G. Wells and his Successors. #27, 9:2 [July 1982].122-46.
• LAKE, David. The White Sphinx and the Whitened Lemur: Images of Death in The Time Machine #17, 6:1 [March 1979].77-84.
• ------. The Whiteness of Griffin and H.G. Wells's Images of Death, 1897-1914. #23, 8:1 [March 1981].12-18.
• MACKERNESS, E.D. Zola, Wells, and "The Coming Beast." #24, 8:2 [July 1981].143-48.
• McCONNELL, Frank D., ed. H. G. Wells: "The Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds": A Critical Edition (Hughes). #12, 4:2 [July 1977].196-97.
• ------. The Science Fiction of H.G. Wells (Mullen). #24, 8:2 [July 1981].199-207.
• PAGETTI, Carlo. The First Men in the Moon: H.G. Wells and the Fictional Strategies of his "Scientific Romances," #21, 7:2 [July 1980].124-33.
• PARRINDER, Patrick. Utopia and Meta-Utopia in H.G. Wells. #36, 12:2 [July 1985].115-28.
• ------. Imagining the Future: Zamyatin and Wells. #1, 1: [Spring 1974].17-26. (Full Text)
• ------. Wells's Cancelled Endings for "The Country of the Blind". #50, 17:1 [March 1990].71-76.
• PHILMUS, Robert M. H.G. Wells as Literary Critic for the Saturday Review. With Abstracts of 92 Reviews, 1895-97. #12, 4:2 [July 1977].166-93.
• ------. The Satiric Ambivalence of The Island of Doctor Moreau. #23, 8:1 [March 1981].2-11.
• ------. The Strange Case of Moreau Gets Stranger. #57, 19:2 [July 1992].248-50.(Full Text)
• ------. Wells and Borges and the Labyrinths of Time. #4, 1:4 [Fall 1974].237-48. (Full Text)
• RENARD, Maurice. On the Scientific-Marvellous Novel and Its  Influence on the Understanding of Progress. #64, 21:3 [November 1994].397. (Full Text)
• ROBERTS, Ian F. Maupertuis: Doppelganger of Doctor Moreau. #84, 28:3 [November 1982]. 261-74.
• ROSE, Mark. Filling the Void: Verne, Wells, and Lem. #24, 8:2 [July 1981].121-42.
• SARGENT, Lyman Tower. Themes in Utopian Fiction in English Before Wells, #10, 3:3 [November 1976].275-82. (Full Text)
• SCAFELLA, Frank. The White Sphinx and The Time Machine. #25, 8:3 [November 1981].255-65.
• SCHEICK, William J. Toward the Ultra-SF Novel: H.G. Wells's Star Begotten. #23, 8:1 [March 1981].19-25.
• SEED, David. H.G. Wells and the Liberating Atom #89, 30:1 [March 2003].33-48.
• SHELTON, Robert. The Mars-Begotten Men of Olaf Stapledon and H.G. Wells. #32, 11:1 [March 1984].1-14.
• ------. Utopian and Anti-Utopian Logic: H.G. Wells and his Successors. #27, 9:2 [July 1982].122-46.
• WELLS, H.G. Utopias, #27, 9:2 [July 1982].117-21. (Full Text)
• ------. Woman and Primitive Culture. #23, 8:1 [March 1981].35-37
• WHITE, Eric. The Erotics of Becoming: XENOGENESIS and The Thing. #61, 20:3 [November 1993].394-408. (Full Text)
• WILLIS, Martin T. Edison as Time Traveler: H.G. Wells's Inspiration for his First Scientific Character. #78, 26:2 [July 1999].284-94. (Full Text)

Review Pages

• ALDRIDGE, Alexandra. The Scientific World View in Dystopia (Wagar). #41, 14:1 [March 1987].99-104.
• ANDRIANO, Joseph D. Immortal Monster: The Mythological Evolution of the Fantastic Beast in Modern Fiction and Film (Wolfe) #81, 27:2 [July 2000].315-17.
• BATCHELOR, John. H.G. Wells (Huntington). #39, 13:2 [July 1986].200-06.
• BEAR, Greg. The Last War: A World Set Free. (McCarthy) #87, 29:2 [July 2002].247-52.
• BERGONZI, Bernard. The Early H.G. Wells: A Study of the Scientific Romances (Hughes) #9, 3:2 [July 1976].165-74.
• ------. H.G. Wells: A Collection of Critical Essays (Hughes) #9, 3:2 [July 1976].165-74.
• BLEICH, David. Utopia: The Psychology of a Cultural Fantasy (Wagar). #41, 14:1 [March 1987].99-104.
• BRODY, Jennifer DeVere . Impossible Purities: Blackness, Femininity, and Victorian Culture (Smearsmith) #81, 27:2 [July 2000].336-38.
• CANTRIL, Hadley. The Invasion from Mars. A Study in the Psychology of Panic (Clarke). #45, 15:2 [July 1988].240-43.
• COSTA, Richard Hauer. H.G. Wells [rev. ed.] (Hughes). #44, 15:1 [March 1988].95-97.
• CROSSLEY, Robert. H.G. Wells (Hughes). #44, 15:1 [March 1988].95-97.
• DRAPER, Michael. H.G. Wells (Hughes). #47, 16:1 [March 1989].103-05.
• GEDULD, Harry M., ed. The Definitive Time Machine: A Critical Edition of H.G. Wells's Scientific Romance   (Lake). #46, 15:3 [November 1988].369-73.
• ------. See also HUGHES, David Y.
• GILL, Stephen. Scientific Romances of H. G. Wells: A Critical Study. (Mullen), #9, 3:2 [July 1976].215.
• HAINING, Peter, ed.  The H. G. Wells Scrapbook (Rottensteiner). #23, 8:1 [March 1981].106-07.
• HALL, Hal W., ed. Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index, 1878-1985 (Philmus). #46, 5:3 [November 1988].383-84.
• HAMMOND, J.R. Herbert George Wells: An Annotated Bibliography of His Works  (Weixlmann). #16, 5:3 [November 1978].298-99.
• ------. An H.G. Wells Chronology (Parrinder) #81, 27:2 [July 2000].353-55.
• ------, ed. The Man with a Nose and the Other Uncollected Short Stories of H.G. Wells (Huntington). #39, 13:2 [July 1986].200-06.
• HAYNES, Roslynn D. H.G. Wells: Discoverer of the Future . #32, 11:1 [March 1984].61-70.
• ------. From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature. (Wagar). #65, 22:1 [March 1995].113-18.
• HILLEGAS, Mark R. The Future as Nightmare: H.G. Wells and the Anti-utopians (Hughes) #9, 3:2 [July 1976].165-74.
• HOLT, Philip. H.G. Wells and the Ring of Gyges. #57, 19:2 [July 1992].236-47. (Full Text)
• HUGHES, David Y. See PHILMUS.
• ------ & Harry M. Geduld, eds. A Critical Edition of The War of the Worlds: H.G. Wells's Scientific Romance (Mullen). #61, 20:3 [November 1993].440-44.
• ------, ed. War of the Worlds. (Mullen) #67, 22:3 [November 1995].445.
• HUNTINGTON, John, ed. Critical Essays on H.G. Wells (Mullen). #56, 19:1 [March 1992].146-49.
• ------. The Logic of Fantasy. H.G. Wells and Science Fiction (Hughes). #32, 11:1 [March 1984].61-70.
• KEMP, Peter. H.G. Wells and the Culminating Ape (Hughes). #32, 11:1 [March 1984].61-70.
• ------. H.G. Wells and the Culminating Ape, 2nd ed (Mullen). #72, 24:2 [July 1997].349-51.
• LAKE, David. Darwin and Doom: H.G. Wells and "The Time Machine" (Bartter).  #75, 25:2 [July 1998].388-90.
• ------, ed. Wells's The First Men in the Moon (Mullen). #66, 22:2 [July 1995].282.
• ------, ed. Wells's The Invisible Man. (Mullen). #69, 23:2 [July 1996].296.
• LOCKE, George. Wells in Three Volumes? A Sketch of British Publishing in the 19th Century, #10, 3:3 [November 1976].282-86.(Full Text)
• MACKENZIE, Norman and Jeanne. H.G. Wells: A Biography (Hughes) #9, 3:2 [July 1976].165-74.
• PAGETTI, Carlo. I Marziani alla Corte della Regina Vittoria (Clarke). # 45, 15:2 [July 1988].240-43.
• PARRINDER, Patrick, ed. H.G. Wells (Hughes) #9,3:2 [July 1976].165-74.
• ------. Shadows of the Future: H.G. Wells, Science Fiction, and Prophecy (Philmus). #70, 23:3 [November 1996].529-30.
• ------, ed. The Time Machine and The Island of Dr Moreau (Mullen). #69, 23:2 [July 1996].296-99.
• ------ & Christopher Rolfe, eds. H.G. Wells Under Revision: Proceedings of the International Wells Symposium, London, July 1986 (Hughes). #55, 18:3 [November 1991].431-36.
• PHILMUS, Robert M. Into the Unknown: The Evolution of Science Fiction from Francis Godwin to H.G. Wells (Hughes) #9, 3:2 [July 1976].165-74.
• ------. The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Variorum Text (Steffen-Fluhr). #61, 20:3 [November 1993].433-39.
• ------, & David Y. Hughes, eds. H. G. Wells: Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction (Hillegas), #8, 3:1 [March 1976].91.
• RAY, Gordon N. H.G. Wells and Rebecca West (Steffen-Fluhr). #37, 12:3 [November 1985].311-29.
• REED, John R. The Natural History of H.G. Wells (Hughes). #32, 11:1 [March 1984].61-70.
• RENZI, Thomas C. H.G. Wells: Six Scientific Romances Adapted for Film. (Ruddick) #96, 32:2 [July 2005].316-22.
• RUDDICK, Nicholas, ed. The Time Machine: An Invention (McCarthy). #87, 29:2 [July 2002].247-52.
• SARGENT, Lyman Tower. Themes in Utopian Fiction in English Before Wells, #10, 3:3 [November 1976].275-82. (Full Text)
• SCHEICK, William J. ed. The Critical Response to H.G. Wells (Hughes). #67, 22:3 [November 1995].421-29.
• ------. H.G. Wells: A Reference Guide. (Philmus). #48, 16:2 [July 1989].243-45.
• ------. The Splintering Frame: The Later Fiction of H.G. Wells (Huntington). #39, 13:2 [July 1986].200-06.
• SLUSSER, George & Patrick Parrinder & Danièle Chatelain, eds. H.G. Wells Perennial TIME MACHINE: Selected Essays from the Centenary Conference , "The Time Machine: Past, Present, and Future", Imperial College, London, July 26-29,1995. (Ruddick). #87, 28:2 [July 2002].291.
• SMITH, David C. H.G. Wells, Desperately Mortal: A Biography (Hughes). #43, 14:3 [November 1987].392-99.
• SMITH, Don G.  H.G. Wells on Film: The Utopian Nightmare. (Anzelone). #91. 30:3 [November 2003]. 531-32.
• STABLEFORD, Brian M.  Scientific Romance in Britain 1890-1950 (Hughes). #41, 14:1 [March 1987].78-81.
• STOVER, Leon, ed. H.G. Wells, When the Sleeper Wakes: A Critical Text of the 1899 New York and London First Editions, with an Introduction and Appendices (Wagar) #82, 27:3 [November 2000].512-14.
• ------. Science Fiction from Wells to Heinlein. (Westfahl) #89, 30:1 [March 2003].109-22.
• ------. The Prophetic Soul: A Reading of H.G. Well's Things to Come. (Geduld) #46, 15:3 [November 1988].376-78.
• ------. The First Men in the Moon: A Critical Text of the 1901 London First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices. (Huntington) #77, 26:1 [March 1999].125-28.
• ------. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance: A Critical Text of the 1897 New York First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices. (Huntington) #77, 26:1 [March 1999].125-28.
• ------. The War of the Worlds (McCarthy) #87, 29:2 [July 2002].247-52.
• ------. The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine (McCarthy) #87, 29:2 [July 2002].247-52.
• ------. Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Critical Text of the 1936 New York First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices (Bleiler) #92, 31:1 [March 2004]
• SUVIN, Darko & Robert M. Philmus, eds. H.G. Wells and Modern Science Fiction. (Mullen) #13, 4:3 [November 1977].320.
• Utopia e Fantascienza (Pagetti), #8, 3: [March 1978].91-93.
• WELLS, G.P. ed.  H.G. Wells in Love: Postscript to an Experiment in Autobiography (Steffen-Fluhr). #37, 12:3 [November 1985].311-29.
• WELLS, H.G. The Correspondence of H.G. Wells. Ed. David C. Smith (Wagar) #76, 35:3 [November 1998].526-33.
• ------. The War in the Air. (Parrett). #91, 30:3 [November 2003]. 500-03.
• ------. Experiment in Autobiography (Steffen-Fluhr). #37, 12:3 [November 1985].311-29.
• ------. The First Men in the Moon. See LAKE and STOVER.
• ------.  H.G. Wells in Love: Postscript to an Experimental Autobiography. See WELLS, G.P.
• ------. The Invisible Man. See LAKE and STOVER.
• ------. The Island of Doctor Moreau. (Ruddick) #96, 32:2 [July 2005].316-22. See PHILMUS and STOVER.
• ------. The Last War. See BEAR.
• ------. New Editions in the Everyman Library (Parrinder). #64, 21:3 [November 1994].413-17.
• ------. The Sea Lady. See STOVER.
• ------. The Time Machine. See GEDULD, STOVER, RUDDICK, and LAWTON.
• ------. The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. See PARRINDER.
• ------. Una Utopia Moderna. (Philmus). #62, 21:1 [March 1994].115-18.
• ------. The War of the Worlds. See HUGHES, DANAHAY, and STOVER.
• ------. When the Sleeper Wakes. See STOVER.
• WEST, Anthony. H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life (Steffen-Fluhr). #37, 12:3 [November 1985].311-29.
• WILT, Judith, ed. Making Humans: Mary Shelley, FRANKENSTEIN; H.G. Wells, The Island of Doctor Moreau (Butler).#93, 31.2 (July 2004).319-24.

Notes and Correspondences

• SFS #3
• H.G. Wells and Earlier SF (Darko Suvin)
• SFS #5

• The Early Science Journalism of H.G. Wells (see SFS 1:98-114): Addenda. (David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus)

• SFS #9
• Documents in the History of Science Fiction (R.D. Mullen)
• A New Bibliography of Wells (Patrick Parrinder)
• SFS #18
• Correspondence: Wells' Bibliography (J. R. Hammond, Joe Weixlmann)
• SFS #59
• H.G. Wells, Robert Cromie, and Literary Crime (RMP)
• Wells, Cromie, and Verne: An Addendum (Arthur B. Evans)
• SFS #61
• Announcements, Corrigenda, Contributors
• SFS #92

• Wells on Film (John S. Partington)

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