![]() ![]() Though it contains a fictional scene here and there, the bulk of the text is written as a series of essays. It is with his 1905 book A Modern Utopia, however, that Wells seems bent on writing a utopia to end all utopias by not merely contributing to the utopian subgenre but also critiquing it.Īmid Wells’s prolific bibliography, one will find A Modern Utopia listed among his novels, but it really isn’t one. ![]() ![]() Wells, one of the pioneering masters of science fiction, penned a number of works set in utopian societies, among them When the Sleeper Awakes (1899) and Men Like Gods (1923). As the science fiction genre came to prominence in the late 19th century, however, utopias multiplied like rabbits. Thomas More may have coined the term Utopia in 1516 with his book of the same name, but utopian fiction has a history that goes back to ancient times. ![]()
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