science-fantasy novels with their prophetic depictions, were the direct result of dissatisfaction with present reality and deep belief that the future offered mankind a new and far more liberating reality.
However, in another biography about H. G. Wells, Smith (1986) takes it a step farther than that. Specifically, Smith states that Wells was a Utopian. He felt that with while mankindÆs skills and creative thought could be used for violent and destructive purposes, it was possible that modern men and women would eventually control these tend
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