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H.G. Wells
Birth Date :
1866
Death Date :
1946
Known As :
Wells, Herbert George,Bliss, Reginald,Glockenhammer, Walter,Smith, Sosthenes
Place of Birth:
United Kingdom,Bromley
Place of Death:
United Kingdom,London
Nationality :
British
Occupation :
Novelist
Personal Information:

Family: Born September 21, 1866, in Bromley, England; died August 13, 1946, in London, England; cremated and ashes scattered over English Channel; son of Joseph (a gardener, cricket player, and shopkeeper) and Sarah (a housekeeper; maiden name, Neal) Wells; married Isabel Mary Wells, October 31, 1891 (divorced January, 1895); married Amy Catherine Robbins (a writer), October 27, 1895 (died, 1927); children: (second marriage) George Philip, Frank Richard; (with Amber Reeves) Anna-Jane White; (with Rebecca West) Anthony West. Education: Attended Normal School of Science (now Imperial College of Science and Technology), 1884-87; University of London, B.S. (with honors), c. 1889, D.Sc., 1943. Politics: Liberal democrat. Memberships: International P.E.N. (international president, 1934-46), British Association for the Advancement of Science (president of educational science section, 1937), British Diabetic Association (founding president), Abortion Law Reform Society (vice-president, 1936), Film Society (co-founder), Savile Club.

Writings:

NOVELS

  • The Time Machine: An Invention (science fiction; first published in Science Schools Journal as The Chronic Argonauts, 1888), Holt, 1895, reprinted, Dover, 1995, expanded, introduction and appendices by Leon E. Stover, McFarland, 1995.
  • The Wonderful Visit (science fiction), Macmillan, 1895.
  • The Wheels of Chance: A Bicycling Idyll (first published serially in Today, 1896), illustrations by J. Ayton Symington, Macmillan, 1896, published as The Wheels of Chance: A Holiday Adventure, Dent, 1896.
  • The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility (science fiction), Stone & Kimball, 1896, expanded, with notes by Leon E. Stover, McFarland, 1996.
  • The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance (science fiction; first published serially in Pearson's Weekly, June-July, 1897), Arnold, 1897, published as The Invisible Man: A Fantastic Sensation, Robert Bentley, 1981, large print edition, G. K. Hall (Thorndike), 1996, edited by David Lake, with an introduction by John Sutherland, Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • The War of the Worlds (science fiction; first published serially in Pearson's Magazine, April-December, 1897), Harper & Brothers, 1898, large print edition, G. K. Hall (Thorndike), 1995.
  • When the Sleeper Wakes (science fiction; first published serially in The Graphic, 1898-99), Harper & Brothers, 1899, revised as The Sleeper Awakes, Thomas Nelson, 1910.
  • Love and Mr. Lewisham: The Story of a Very Young Couple, George H. Doran, 1899.
  • The First Men in the Moon (science fiction; first published serially in Strand Magazine, December, 1900-August, 1901), Bowen-Merrill, 1901, reprinted, Oxford University Press, 1995.
  • The Sea Lady (first published serially in Pearson's Magazine, July-December, 1901), D. Appleton, 1902 (published in England as The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine, Methuen, 1902).
  • The Food of the Gods, and How It Came to Earth (science fiction; first published serially in Pearson's Magazine, December, 1903-June, 1904), Scribner, 1904.
  • A Modern Utopia (first published serially in Fortnightly Review, October, 1904-April, 1905), illustrations by E. J. Sullivan, Scribner, 1905.
  • Kipps: A Monograph (first published serially in Pall Mall, 1905), Scribner, 1905, published as Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, 1905.
  • In the Days of the Comet (science fiction; first published serially in Daily Chronicle, 1905-06), Century, 1906.
  • The War in the Air, and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared While It Lasted (first published serially in Pall Mall), Macmillan, 1908.
  • Tono-Bungay, Duffield, 1908.
  • Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, Harper & Brothers, 1909.
  • The History of Mr. Polly, Duffield, 1909.
  • The New Machiavelli (first published serially in English Review, May-October, 1910), Duffield, 1910.
  • Marriage, Duffield, 1912.
  • The Passionate Friends: A Novel (first published serially in Grand Magazine, March-November, 1913), Harper & Brothers, 1913.
  • The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman, Macmillan, 1914.
  • The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind (science fiction; first published serially in English Review, December, 1913-May, 1914), E. P. Dutton, 1914.
  • Bealby: A Holiday (first published serially in Grand Magazine, August, 1914-March, 1915), Macmillan, 1915.
  • (Under name Reginald Bliss) Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump: Being a First Selection From the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times, Prepared for Publication by Reginald Bliss With an Ambiguous Introduction by H. G. Wells, George H. Doran, 1915, published under name H. G. Wells, Unwin, 1920.
  • The Research Magnificent, Macmillan, 1915.
  • Mr. Britling Sees It Through (first published serially in Nation, May-October, 1916), Macmillan, 1916.
  • The Soul of a Bishop (first published serially in Collier's Weekly, 1917), Macmillan, 1917 (published in England as The Soul of a Bishop: A Novel--With Just a Little Love in It-- About Conscience and Religion and the Real Troubles of Life, Cassell, 1917).
  • Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education, Macmillan, 1918.
  • The Undying Fire: A Contemporary Novel (first published serially in International Review, March-June, 1919), Macmillan, 1919.
  • The Secret Places of the Heart (first published serially in Nash's and Pall Mall, December, 1921-July, 1922), Macmillan, 1922.
  • Men Like Gods: A Novel (science fiction; first published serially in Westminster Gazette, December, 1922-February, 1923), Macmillan, 1923.
  • The Dream: A Novel (first published serially in Nash's and Pall Mall, October, 1923-May, 1924), Macmillan, 1924.
  • Christina Alberta's Father, Macmillan, 1925.
  • The World of William Clissold: A Novel at a New Angle, George H. Doran, 1926.
  • Meanwhile: The Picture of a Lady, George H. Doran, 1927.
  • Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island, Doubleday, Doran, 1928.
  • The King Who Was a King: An Unconventional Novel, Dou- bleday, Doran, 1929 (published in England as The King Who Was a King: The Book of a Film, E. Benn, 1929).
  • The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in This Changing World, Doubleday, Doran, 1930.
  • The Bulpington of Blup: Adventures, Poses, Stresses, Conflicts, and Disaster in a Contemporary Brain, Hutchinson, 1932, Macmillan, 1933.
  • The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution, Macmillan, 1933.
  • The Croquet Player, Chatto & Windus, 1936, Viking, 1937.
  • Star-Begotten: A Biological Fantasia (science fiction), Viking, 1937.
  • Brynhild; or, The Show of Things, Scribner, 1937 (published in England as Brynhild, Methuen, 1937).
  • The Camford Visitation, Methuen, 1937.
  • Apropos of Dolores, Scribner, 1938.
  • The Brothers: A Story, Viking, 1938.
  • The Holy Terror, Simon & Schuster, 1939.
  • Babes in the Darkling Wood, Alliance Book, 1940.
  • All Aboard for Ararat (science fiction), Secker & Warburg, 1940, Alliance Book, 1941.
  • You Can't Be Too Careful: A Sample of Life, 1901-1951, Secker & Warburg, 1941, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1942.
  • The Wealth of Mr. Waddy: A Novel (early draft of Kipps), edited with introduction by Harris Wilson, preface by Harry T. Moore, Southern Illinois University Press, 1969.
  • A Story of the Days to Come (science fiction), Corgi, 1976.
  • The Works of H. G. Wells(contains The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds), Longmeadow Press, 1994.
  • Four Complete Novels (contains The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds), Barnes & Noble, 1994.
  • The Time Machine [and] The Island of Doctor Moreau, edited with an introduction by Patrick Parrinder, Oxford University Press, 1996.
SHORT STORIES
  • Select Conversations With an Uncle, Now Extinct, and Two Other Reminiscences, Merriam, 1895.
  • The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (science fiction), Methuen, 1895.
  • The Red Room, Stone & Kimball, 1896.
  • A Perfect Gentleman on Wheels (first published as A Perfect Gentleman on Wheels; or, The Humours of Cycling in Woman at Home, April, 1897), published in The Humours of Cycling, James Bowden, 1897.
  • Thirty Strange Stories (science fiction), Arnold, 1897.
  • The Plattner Story, and Others (science fiction), Methuen, 1897.
  • A Cure for Love, E. Scott, 1899.
  • Tales of Space and Time (science fiction), Doubleday & McClure, 1899.
  • The Vacant Country, A. E. Kent, 1899.
  • Twelve Stories and a Dream (science fiction), Macmillan, 1903.
  • The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories (science fiction), M. Kennerley, 1911, reprinted with photographs by Alvin Langdon Coburn and afterword by Jeffrey A. Wolin, Godine, 1996.
  • The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories (science fiction), Thomas Nelson, 1911, reprinted with an introduction by Michael Sherborne, Oxford University Press, 1996.
  • The Star (in simplified spelling), Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1913.
  • The Country of the Blind (science fiction), privately printed, 1915, Golden Cockerel Press, 1939.
  • The Short Stories of H. G. Wells (science fiction), E. Benn, 1927, Doubleday, Doran, 1929, published as The Complete Short Stories of H. G. Wells, E. Benn, 1966, St. Martin's, 1970.
  • The Adventures of Tommy (for children), self-illustrated, Frederick A. Stokes, 1929.
  • The Valley of Spiders, London Book, 1930.
  • The Stolen Body, and Other Tales of the Unexpected, London Book, 1931.
  • The Favorite Short Stories of H. G. Wells, Doubleday, Doran, 1937, published as The Famous Short Stories of H. G. Wells, Garden City Publishing, 1938.
  • Short Stories by H. G. Wells, notes and questions by A. J. J. Ratcliff, T. Nelson, 1940.
  • The Land Ironclads, Todd Publishing, 1943.
  • The New Accelerator (science fiction), Todd Publishing, 1943.
  • The Empire of the Ants, Todd Publishing, 1943.
  • The Inexperienced Ghost, Todd Publishing, 1943.
  • The Truth About Pyecraft, and Other Short Stories, Todd Publishing, 1943.
  • The Inexperienced Ghost and The New Accelerator, Vallancey Press, 1944.
  • Twenty-eight Science Fiction Stories, Dover, 1952.
  • Seven Stories, Oxford University Press, 1953.
  • Tales of Life and Adventure, introduction by Frank Wells, Collins, 1953.
  • Tales of the Unexpected, introduction by Frank Wells, Collins, 1954.
  • Tales of Wonder, introduction by Frank Wells, Collins, 1954.
  • The Desert Daisy (for children), introduction by Gordon N. Ray, Beta Phi Mu, 1957.
  • Selected Short Stories, Penguin Books, 1958.
  • The Inexperienced Ghost, and Nine Other Stories, Bantam, 1965.
  • Best Science Fiction Stories of H. G. Wells, Dover, 1966.
  • The Man With a Nose: And the Other Uncollected Short Stories of H. G. Wells, edited with an introduction by J. R. Hammond, Athlone Press, 1984.
  • The H.G. Wells Reader, Courage Books (Philadelphia, PA), 1996.
NONFICTION
  • Text-Book of Biology, two volumes, introduction by G. B. Howes, W. B. Clive, Volume I, 1892, Volume II, 1893, revision by A. M. Davies published as Text-Book of Zoology, 1898, 7th edition, revised and rewritten by J. T. Cunningham and W. H. Leigh-Sharpe, 1929.
  • (With R. A. Gregory) Honours Physiography, Joseph Hughes, 1893.
  • Certain Personal Matters: A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical, Lawrence & Bullen, 1898.
  • Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought (first published serially as Anticipations: An Experiment in Prophecy in Fortnightly Review, April-December, 1901), Harper & Brothers, 1902, with new introduction, Chapman & Hall, 1914.
  • Mankind in the Making (first published serially in Fortnightly Review, September, 1902-September, 1903), Chapman & Hall, 1903, Scribner, 1904, with new introduction, Chapman & Hall, 1914.
  • The Future in America: A Search After Realities (first published serially in Harper's Weekly, July 14-October 6, 1906), Harper & Brothers, 1906.
  • First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and a Rule of Life, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908, definitive edition, Watts, 1929.
  • New Worlds for Old, Macmillan, 1908, revised edition, Constable, 1914.
  • Floor Games (for children; first published in Strand Magazine,December, 1911), self-illustrated, Frank Palmer, 1911, Small, Maynard, 1912.
  • (Editor with G. R. S. Taylor and Frances Evelyn Warwick, and contributor) The Great State: Essays in Construction (first published as Socialism and the Great State in Harper's, 1911), Harper & Brothers, 1912, published as Socialism and the Great State: Essays in Construction, 1914.
  • Little Wars: A Game for Boys From Twelve Years of Age to One Hundred and Fifty and for That More Intelligent Sort of Girls Who Like Boys' Games and Books With an Appendix on Kriegspiel (first published serially in Windsor Magazine, December, 1912, and January, 1913), Small, Maynard, 1913.
  • Social Forces in England and America (essays), Harper & Brothers, 1914 (published in England as An Englishman Looks at the World: Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks Upon Contemporary Matters, Cassell, 1914).
  • The War That Will End War (essays), Duffield, 1914.
  • The War and Socialism, Clarion Press, 1915.
  • What Is Coming? A European Forecast, Macmillan, 1916 (published in England as What Is Coming? A Forecast of Things After the War, Cassell, 1916).
  • Introduction to Nocturne, G. H. Doran, 1917.
  • God, the Invisible King, Macmillan, 1917.
  • Italy, France, and Britain at War, Macmillan, 1917 (published in England as War and the Future: Italy, France, and Britain at War, Cassell, 1917).
  • In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace, Macmillan, 1918 (abridged edition published in England as Anticipations of a World Peace, Chatto & Windus, 1918).
  • (With Viscount Grey, Lionel Curtis, William Archer, H. Wickham Steed, A. E. Zimmern, J. A. Spender, Viscount Bryce, and Gilbert Murray) The Idea of a League of Nations: Prolegomena to the Study of World-Organisation, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1919.
  • (With Viscount Grey, Gilbert Murray, J. A. Spender, A. E. Zimmern, H. Wickham Steed, Lionel Curtis, William Archer, Ernest Barker, G. Lowes Dickinson, John Hilton, and L. S. Woolf) The Way to the League of Nations: A Brief Sketch of the Practical Steps Needed for the Formation of a League, Oxford University Press, 1919.
  • (With Arnold Bennett and Grant Overton) Frank Swinnerton: Personal Sketches; Together With Notes and Comments on the Novels of Frank Swinnerton, G. H. Doran, 1920.
  • (With advice and editorial help of Ernest Barker, H. H. Johnston, E. Ray Lankester, and Gilbert Murray) The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, illustrations by J. F. Horrabin, Macmillan, 1920, published as The New and Revised Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, Garden City Publishing, 1931, published as The Enlarged and Revised Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind, Triangle Books, 1940, under original title revised and brought up to the end of World War II by Raymond Postgate, Garden City Publishing, 1949, published as The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind From Primordial Life to Nineteen-sixty, Cassell, 1961, under original title revised and brought up to date by Postgate and G. P. Wells, Doubleday, 1971.
  • Russia in the Shadows (first published serially in Sunday Express, October 31-November 28, 1920), Hodder & Stoughton, 1920, George H. Doran, 1921.
  • The Salvaging of Civilization: The Probable Future of Mankind, Macmillan, 1921.
  • A Short History of the World, Macmillan, 1922.
  • Washington and the Riddle of Peace (first published in New York World, November-December, 1921), Macmillan, 1922 (published in England as Washington and the Hope of Peace, Collins, 1922).
  • The Story of a Great Schoolmaster: Being a Plain Account of the Life and Ideas of Sanderson of Oundle (biography; first published serially in New Leader, September 14-October 26, 1923), Macmillan, 1924.
  • A Year of Prophesying (articles), Unwin, 1924, Macmillan, 1925.
  • A Short History of Mankind, adapted from A Short History of the World by E. H. Carter, Macmillan, 1925.
  • Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History," George H. Doran, 1926.
  • Wells' Social Anticipations, edited with introduction by Harry W. Laidler, Vanguard Press, 1927.
  • (Editor and author of introduction) The Book of Catherine Wells, Chatto & Windus, 1928.
  • The Way the World Is Going: Guesses and Forecasts of the Years Ahead; Twenty-six Articles and a Lecture, E. Benn, 1928, Doubleday, Doran, 1929.
  • The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution, Doubleday, Doran, 1928, published as The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution; a Second Version of This Faith of a Modern Man Made More Explicit and Plain, Hogarth Press, 1930, revised edition published as What Are We to Do With Our Lives?, Doubleday, Doran, 1931, published as The Open Conspiracy, Gordon Press, 1979.
  • (With Bertrand Russell, Fannie Hurst, Theodore Dreiser, Warwick Deeping, Rebecca West, Andre Maurois, and Lionel Feuchtwanger) Divorce as I See It, Douglas, 1930.
  • (With G. Lowes Dickinson, Dean Inge, J. B. S. Haldane, Sir Oliver Lodge, and Sir Walford Davis) Points of View: A Series of Broadcast Addresses, Allen & Unwin, 1930.
  • (With H. R. Knickerbocker, Sir John Russell, Sir Bernard Pares, Margaret S. Miller, B. Mouat-Jones, Stafford Talbot, and Frank Owen) The New Russia: Eight Talks Broadcast, Faber & Faber, 1931.
  • (With Julian S. Huxley and G. P. Wells) The Science of Life: A Summary of Contemporary Knowledge About Life and Its Possibilities, Amalgamated Press, 1930, Doubleday, Doran, 1931 (portions published severally as The Science of Life series, Doubleday, Doran, 1932; various volumes published in England by Cassell, 1937).
  • Selections From the Early Prose Works of H. G. Wells, University of London Press, 1931.
  • The Work, Wealth, and Happiness of Mankind, Doubleday, Doran, 1931, published as The Outline of Man's Work and Wealth, Garden City Publishing, 1936.
  • After Democracy: Addresses and Papers on the Present World Situation, Watts, 1932.
  • Experiment in Autobiography: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (Since 1866), self-illustrated, Macmillan, 1934.
  • The New America: The New World, Macmillan, 1935.
  • The Anatomy of Frustration: A Modern Synthesis, Macmillan, 1936.
  • World Brain (essays and addresses), Doubleday, Doran, 1938.
  • The Fate of Man: An Unemotional Statement of the Things That Are Happening to Him Now, and of the Immediate Possibilities Confronting Him, Longmans, Green, 1939 (published in England as The Fate of Homo Sapiens: An Unemotional Statement of the Things That Are Happening to Him Now, and of the Immediate Possibilities Confronting Him, Secker & Warburg, 1939).
  • Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water, Penguin Books, 1939.
  • The Common Sense of War and Peace: World Revolution or War Unending, Penguin Books, 1940.
  • H. G. Wells, S. de Madariaga, J. Middleton Murry, C. E. M. Joad on the New World Order, National Peace Council, 1940.
  • The New World Order: Whether It Is Attainable, How It Can Be Attained, and What Sort of World a World at Peace Will Have to Be, Secker & Warburg, 1939, Knopf, 1940.
  • The Rights of Man; or, What Are We Fighting For?, Penguin Books, 1940.
  • Guide to the New World: A Handbook of Constructive World Revolution, Gollancz, 1941.
  • The Pocket History of the World, Pocket Books, 1941.
  • Modern Russian and English Revolutionaries: A Frank Exchange of Ideas Between Commander Lev Uspensky, Soviet Writer, and H. G. Wells, privately printed, 1942.
  • The Conquest of Time (written to replace his First and Last Things), Watts, 1942, reprinted, Prometheus Books, 1994.
  • The Outlook for Homo Sapiens: An Unemotional Statement of the Things That Are Happening to Him Now, and of the Immediate Possibilities Confronting Him (an amalgamation and modernization of The Fate of Homo Sapiens and The New World Order), Secker & Warburg, 1942.
  • Phoenix: A Summary of the Inescapable Conditions of World Reorganisation, Secker & Warburg, 1942.
  • Crux Ansata: An Indictment of the Roman Catholic Church, Penguin Books, 1943.
  • '42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir Upon Human Behaviour During the Crisis of the World Revolution, Secker & Warburg, 1944.
  • (With J. S. Huxley and J. B. S. Haldane) Reshaping Man's Heritage: Biology in the Service of Man, Allen & Unwin, 1944.
  • The Happy Turning: A Dream of Life, Heinemann, 1945.
  • (With Joseph Stalin) Marxism vs. Liberalism: An Interview, New Century, 1945, published as H. G. Wells' Interview With J. V. Stalin (Marxism v. Liberalism), Current Book Distributors (Sydney), 1950.
  • Mind at the End of Its Tether (first published in Sunday Express), Heinemann, 1945.
  • Journalism and Prophecy, 1893-1946: An Anthology (addresses, essays, and lectures), compiled and edited by W. Warren Wagar, Houghton, 1964.
  • H. G. Wells's Literary Criticism, edited by Patrick Parrinder and Robert M. Philmus, Harvester Press, 1980.
  • H. G. Wells in Love: Postscript to an Experiment in Autobiography, edited by G. P. Wells, Little, Brown, 1984.
  • Treasury of H. G. Wells, Octopus Books, 1985.
OTHER
  • Socialism and the Family (pamphlet; contains Socialism and the Middle Classes and Modern Socialism and the Family), A. C. Fifield, 1906.
  • This Misery of Boots (pamphlet; first published in Independent Review, December, 1905), Fabian Society, 1907, Ball Publishing, 1908.
  • The H. G. Wells Calendar: A Quotation From the Works of H. G. Wells for Every Day in the Year, selected by Rosamund Marriott Watson, Frank Palmer, 1911.
  • Great Thoughts From H. G. Wells, selected by Rosamund Marriott Watson, Dodge, 1912.
  • Thoughts From H. G. Wells, selected by Elsie E. Morton, Harrap, 1913.
  • The Works of H. G. Wells: Atlantic Edition, 28 volumes, Scribner, 1924-27.
  • The Essex Thin-Paper Edition of the Works of H. G. Wells, 24 volumes, E. Benn, 1926-27.
  • Democracy Under Revision: A Lecture Delivered at the Sorbonne, March 15th, 1927 (pamphlet), George H. Doran, 1927.
  • Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future "The Shape of Things to Come" (science fiction), Macmillan, 1935.
  • Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Film by H. G. Wells, Based on the Short Story Entitled "The Man Who Could Work Miracles," Macmillan, 1936 (published in England as Man Who Could Work Miracles: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His Short Story "Man Who Could Work Miracles," Cresset Press, 1936).
  • The H. G. Wells Papers at the University of Illinois, edited by Gordon N. Ray, University of Illinois Press, 1958.
  • Henry James and H. G. Wells: A Record of Their Friendship, Their Debate on the Art of Fiction, and Their Quarrel (correspondence), edited with introduction by Leon Edel and Gordon N. Ray, University of Illinois Press, 1958.
  • Arnold Bennett and H. G. Wells: A Record of a Personal and a Literary Friendship (correspondence), edited with introduction by Harris Wilson, University of Illinois Press, 1960.
  • George Gissing and H. G. Wells: Their Friendship and Correspondence, edited with introduction by Royal A. Gettmann, University of Illinois Press, 1961.
  • Hoopdriver's Holiday (dramatization of his novel The Wheels of Chance), edited with notes and introduction by Michael Timko, English Department, Purdue University, 1964.
  • H. G. Wells: Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction, edited with critical commentary and notes by Robert M. Philmus and David Y. Hughes, University of California Press, 1975.
  • H. G. Wells Science Fiction Treasury, Crown, 1987.
  • Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells (correspondence), University of Toronto Press, 1995.
  • The Correspondence of H. G. Wells, edited by David Clayton Smith, Pickering & Chatto (Brookfield, Vt.), 1996.

Also author of Two Hemispheres or One World?, 1940, and many pamphlets. Author of film scripts, including "Bluebottles," "Daydreams," and "The Tonic." Contributor of introductions and prefaces to numerous books.

Work represented in anthologies, including Thirty-one Stories by Thirty and One Authors, edited by Ernest Rhys and C. A. Dawson Scott, Butterworth, 1923, and Masterpieces of Science Fiction, edited by Sam Moskowitz, World Publishing, 1967.

Contributor of reviews, letters, essays, and stories to periodicals, including Clarion, English Review, Fortnightly Review, Independent Review, Labour Leader, London Daily Mail, London Times, Nation, New Age, Times Literary Supplement, and Saturday Review.

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, 2004
Gale Database: Contemporary Authors Online
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