Corvus+2014-15+Well's+novel+Anticipations

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As Wells wrote Anticipations he had recently gone far into studying biology. Yet again, another example of how H.G. Wells used his knowledge and learning to aid in driving him in his writing. “In his short-term view, however, his study of biology led him to hope that human society would evolve into higher forms” (“Herbert George Wells” 1). Not only did he use this in order to write Anticipations but he also wrote many books afterwards exploring the same sort of topics and how people would react socially to certain situations. Wells used his learning as a driving force for all of his works. “Wells continued his prodigious output of fiction and nonfiction essays and articles on politics, liberalism, democracy, and on society” (“HG Wells”). He gave his purpose as to educate and drive people to learn about how others socially react to situations and in the end that granted him his whole reasonings for Anticipations. H.G. Wells not only used his knowledge as a guide for himself and his writing as a whole, but also for specific novels, or even sets of novels.

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The audience that anticipated the novels of HG Wells were people that did not find fear in questioning society, and at the time he was an author, it was very hard to be one of those people. The negative response to many of his novels was almost overbearing. Something that most represents the anticipation and response to his novels can be best cited from one of his own novels. “He was wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose; the snow had piled itself against his shoulders and chest, and added a white crest to the burden he carried” (HG Wells). It’s a stretch, but the snow in this case can represent the kind of criticism that HG Wells receives. It piles onto him, but he keeps through it. Knowing that those who anticipate his novels and crave them are waiting for him in the warmth, in the melt. He powers through with outstretched ideas and outlandish thoughts just so he can bring a different perspective to the world. Which is what brought in this anticipation. He loves writing about it “Behind his inventiveness lay a passionate concern for man and society, which increasingly broke into the fantasy of his science fiction“ (Britannica). This only enforces the audience of the anticipators. Who craved it and who wanted it.

http://www.online-literature.com/wellshg/ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/639453/HG-Wells

Historical-Cassidy: After the publishing of Well’s first novel, he was an overnight success and his readers waited anxiously for his next works to come out. The majority of the readers of these novels believed that his ideas were “prophets” or would actually happen in the near future (H.G Wells Society). Others believed that his works would encourage these negative events and would contribute to the downfall of our society. The anticipation of readers on Wells’ novels were often mixed with fear, due to the small possibility that these events could come true. Wells’ was the first author of that time to write explicitly on the events of nuclear warfare or prophecies of the future. Readers often believed that these events were “realistic” or “a prophecy” due to the sheer amount of detail that Wells’ put into each of the concepts in his works (Britannica). People waited for the events described in his novels to become reality and that possibility was alarming for society. The possibility of going into a nuclear warfare was a great threat to society in that time period due to the ongoing wars between the United States and Russia.

Works Cited:

Nicholson, Norman Cornthwaite. "H.G. Wells (British Author)." //Encyclopedia Britannica Online //. Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2014.

"The H.G. Wells Society." //The H.G. Wells Society //. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Oct. 2014.

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