H. G. Wells
 Naskad: 21 septembre, 1866 Loke de nasko: Bromley, Kent, Anglia Morid: 13 auguste, 1946 Loke de morio: London, Anglia Nationalitate: Angli Fake de fame: Skriptere |
Herbert George Wells (21 septembre 1866 – 13 auguste 1946) esed angli skriptere. Lo skripted plu kam sinkanti romanes e dekduos de noveles. Lo anke skripted verkes pri sosiali kritike, politike, historie, populari sientie, satire, biografia e autobiografia. Li siential romanes de Wells es talim prisad, ke lo ha es noma li "patro del siential romane".[1]
Ultru, lo esed famosi durant sen vivotempe kom progresivi sosiali kritike kel devoted sen literatural talentes al developo de progresivi visione ye mondal skale. Kom futuriste, lo skripted nombre de utopial verkes[2] e predikted li venio de avies, armisat milital vetures, spativoyajo, atomal armes, satelital televisione, e kelkum resemblant li "World Wide Web".[3][4] Lon siential romanes imaginad voyajo tra li tempe, invasione de exterteranes, nonvidableso e biologial injenieria ante ke disi temes esed ordinari in siential romanes.[5]
Lon maxim famosi verkes inkluse The Time Machine (1895), kel esed lon unesmi romane, The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), The War of the Worlds (1898), The War in the Air (1907) e When the Sleeper Wakes (1910). Wells blid proposi quarfoy kom nominarie por li Premie Nobel de Literature.[6]
Li maxim frui spesialisat edukatione de Wells esed in biologia, e lon penso pri etike eventad in li kontexte de Darwinisme.[7] Lo esed anke kandidi sosialiste depos ke lo esed yuni, e lo ofte haved simpatie kun pasifisti opiniones.[8] Durantu sen plu tardi yares, lo skripted min multi romanes e plu multi verkes explikant sen politikal e sosial opiniones.[9] Wells sufrad pro diabete e kunfondad The Diabetic Association in 1934.
Literature
[modifika | edit source]- ↑ Roberts, Adam (2000). Science Fiction. Psychology Press. ISBN 978-0-415-19205-7. LCCN 99087223. OCLC 41338934. OL 7485895M.
- ↑ Davis, Kenneth C. (2003). Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (1st ed.). New York: HarperCollins. pp. 431–432. ISBN 978-0-06-008381-6.
- ↑ Handwerk, Brian (21 September 2016). "The Many Futuristic Predictions of H.G. Wells That Came True". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ↑ James, Simon John (9 October 2017). "HG Wells: A visionary who should be remembered for his social predictions, not just his scientific ones". The Independent.
- ↑ Handwerk, Brian (21 September 2016). "The Many Futuristic Predictions of H.G. Wells That Came True". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "Nomination archive". Nobel Foundation. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ↑ Philmus, Robert M.; Hughes, David Y., eds. (1975). H. G. Wells: Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press. p. 179.
- ↑ "H. G. Wells' politics". British Library. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ↑ Brome, Vincent (1951). H. G. Wells: A Biography. London, New York, and Toronto: Longmans, Green. p. 99.