Three Prophetic Science Fiction Novels

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Summary: A review on When the Sleeper Wakes
Review: H.G. Wells was a historian, journalist, and sociologist as well as being a novelist. In his story When the Sleeper Wakes all of his interests are combined in the telling of the Sleeper's story, the story of a man who fell asleep in the nineteenth century and woke up in the year 2100 to find that he owns half of the world. This book that walks the edges of science fiction and science fact shows a futuristic society that, for all of its technological advances, has not much improved.
When the Sleeper Wakes is an interesting read as long as you have the patience for the way it is worded. The twists and turns it takes you on to describe an equally messy world will drive you to see if the tangle resolves itself. Just this story is quite worth the whole book.


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Summary: "3 pathetic fictions from H.G. Wells" by RexCurry.net
Review: In "Three Prophetic Science Fiction Novels" H.G. Wells forecasts the future and it is stormy weather. The novels come chronologically: When the Sleeper Awakes takes place in the year 2100. A Story of Days to come is in 2103 and 2104. The Time Machine is even farther out. Each predicts a sad and stark setting of so-called "class struggle." Wells believed that it capitalists would lord over the laborers, left in a life of degradation and servility. The rich would live lives of ease in massive glass cities, while the majority would live lives of poverty below.

It is fascinating that his predictions were the complete opposite of what actually happened in his own lifetime, when socialism forced laborers into degradation, poverty, atrocities and mass slaughter.

An interesting comparison is a novel that is not in this trilogy: H. G. Wells' "The Days of the Comet," published 1906, tells of a comet that passes earth and changes greed to altruism with predictable results: Wells predicted utopia, others predicted dystopia.

Well's also wrote "The History of the World," mixing his fiction with non-fiction as he inserts the same sad ideas there.

Like others on the globe, Wells was concerned with destroying the world and recreating it in his own image. The author is biased, and similar to all socialists, he attributes only good results to his socialism, no bad results. Wells died in 1946.

Wells' books have been rated by the journalist Rex Curry way down with Edward Bellamy's "Looking Backward: 2000-1887" as some of the worst non-libertarian science fiction ever written. Ideas have consequences, and those ideas had deadly real-life consequences. They stand as the most stark example of unintended consequences. The utopian sci-fi visions always translated into dystopian reality. They helped inspire WWII, the Holocaust, the larger socialist Wholecaust, and every socialist cesspool on earth, including the socialist trio of the worst atrocities: the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 62 million people slaughtered; the People's Republic of China, 35 million; and the National Socialist German Workers' Party, 21 million. (numbers from Professor R. J. Rummel's article in the Encyclopedia of Genocide (1999) and "Death by Government" which is also available). In retrospect these books qualify in the "Horror" genre, and are a must-read in that vein and for the horrifying historical impact.

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Summary: Good Wells stuff
Review: The three books are:

The Time Machine, A Story of Days to Come, and When the Sleeper Wakes.

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Summary: Terrific Book from the Originator of Sci-Fi
Review: This book contains three terrific novels in which Wells showcases his predictions for the future. The novels are presented in the chronological order for Well's Predictions. When the Sleeper Awakes takes place in the year 2100. A Story of Days to come is in 2103 and 2104. The Time Machine is in the 800,000's and beyond. All three novels predict a grim and dark future beset by class struggle. Wells believes that the future will be a time where the capitalists dominate over the laborers of society. The Capitalists will own all of the material and intellectual property in the world, and they will subject the masses to a life of degradation and servile labor. The wealthy will build massive glass cities where they will live a life of privilege and ease, while the vast majority will live in abject poverty underneath these cities. Wells is a tremendous storywriter that makes it hard to put this book down. I highly recommend this to any fan of science fiction.

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Summary: Terrific Book from the Originator of Sci-Fi
Review: This book contains three terrific novels in which Wells showcases his predictions for the future. The novels are presented in the chronological order for Well's Predictions. When the Sleeper Awakes takes place in the year 2100. A Story of Days to come is in 2103 and 2104. The Time Machine is in the 800,000's and beyond. All three novels predict a grim and dark future beset by class struggle. Wells believes that the future will be a time where the capitalists dominate over the laborers of society. The Capitalists will own all of the material and intellectual property in the world, and they will subject the masses to a life of degradation and servile labor. The wealthy will build massive glass cities where they will live a life of privilege and ease, while the vast majority will live in abject poverty underneath these cities. Wells is a tremendous storywriter that makes it hard to put this book down. I highly recommend this to any fan of science fiction.

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Summary: A Mind's Eye Into the Future of Mankind
Review: This is a marvelous collection that takes the reader through three science fantasy works arranged in a chronological order as to the subjects of the novels. Each possess Wells' marvelous ability to send the reader ahead in time to what might become of our future generations. When the Sleeper Wakes unfolds as a visually stunning, action-packed and thought-provoking page turner. A Story of Days to Come focuses on the hazards that may be found in a loving relationship if the future were to further segregate the classes found in Wells' day. This collection also boasts the first complete publication of Wells' classic The Time Machine. If you've read The Time Machine and are not familiar with "the kangaroo rat people" then you will need to go back and read the whole story as Wells originally envisioned it. This collection was worth every penny I spent on it.

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Summary: A Mind's Eye Into the Future of Mankind
Review: This is a marvelous collection that takes the reader through three science fantasy works arranged in a chronological order as to the subjects of the novels. Each possess Wells' marvelous ability to send the reader ahead in time to what might become of our future generations. When the Sleeper Wakes unfolds as a visually stunning, action-packed and thought-provoking page turner. A Story of Days to Come focuses on the hazards they may be found in a loving relationship if the future were to further segregate the classes found in Wells' day. This collection also boasts the first complete publication of Wells' classic The Time Machine. If you've read The Time Machine and are not familiar with "the kangaroo rat people" then you will need to go back and read the whole story as Wells originally envisioned it. This collection was worth every penny I spent on it.