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Informationen zum Autor Herbert George Wells was an influential English writer, best known for his works in science fiction, though his prolific output spanned various genres, including history, social commentary, politics, and autobiography. Born on September 21, 1866, in Bromley, London, Wells attended the Normal School of Science in London, where he studied biology under Thomas Henry Huxley. Wells initially worked as a teacher and journalist before turning to writing full time. Over his career, he penned more than fifty novels, along with numerous short stories and non-fiction works. His early works, such as "The Time Machine," "The War of the Worlds," and "The Invisible Man," helped establish him as one of the pioneers of modern science fiction. He also explored themes of social justice, the possibilities of science and technology, and the complexities of human nature in works like "The History of Mr. Polly" and "The Shape of Things to Come." Throughout his life, Wells engaged in political and philosophical discourse, influenced by thinkers like Mark Twain and Plato. He died on August 13, 1946, in London, leaving behind a legacy that shaped the development of speculative fiction and continued to inspire future generations of writers and thinkers. Klappentext Critics view When the Sleeper Wakes as a prototype of the anti-utopian novel, a genre developed by Zamyatin, Huxley, and Orwell into nightmare futures associated with the totalitarian age and the moral horrors of fascism and communism. Annotated by the world's leading Wellsian scholar, in Sleeper is found a greater measure of artistry and characterization than is usually accorded it. As a complex work combining technological with social speculation, Sleeper is unmatched for canniness in the history of futuristic literature. Indeed, its aeronautical details influenced the Wright Brothers in the design of their flyer, and the novel predicts the promotion of airplanes as a weapon, a prophecy dramatically fulfilled in the twentieth century. This exhaustive critical edition features a lengthy introduction, appendices, bibliography and index, and a frontispiece taken from the original 1899 edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 The Text ; 2 The Prophet Belittled 3 Comic Inferno: From Sleeper to Schlepper 4 Nightmare: From Wells to Orwell 5 "Literature of Power" 6 Fascism 7 The Other Socialism 8 White, Red, and Blue 9 Totalitarianism 10 Equality and Human Rights 11 Oswald Spengler on the Years 2000-2200 When the Sleeper Wakes (1899) (Annotated text of the First New York and London edition) AppendicesI: "What I Believe" (1899a) II: Preface to the 1910 Revision III: Preface to the 1921 Reprint IV: Preface to the 1924 Atlantic Edition V: "The Labour Unrest" (1912b) VI: "The World's Greatest Revolution," by John Brisben Walker (1901) VII: On Aldous Huxley's Response in Brave New World Bibliography Index ...
