Herbert George Wells (1866–1946) is considered one of the pioneers of the science-fiction genre. His earliest and best-known novel is The Time Machine (1895). Wells’ works always contain social criticism, reflecting his aim to realise political ideas with the help of literature. With his dystopian oeuvre, he wanted to startle his compatriots out of their Victorian self-righteousness, criticise imperialism and warn against blind optimism about progress.
When we look at all the main religions, and patriotic, moral and traditional systems in which human beings are sheltering today, they appear to be in a mutually destructive movement, like the houses and palaces of some vast, sprawling city…
Whether it is attainable, how it can be attained, and what sort of world a world at peace will have to be. Today the phrase ‘New World Order’ evokes dystopian visions of enforcing a uniform international peace, Big Brother surveillance…