G. Wells Inside Scoop: Successful Disruptor Of The Victorian Era

Inside Scoop: Successful Disruptor of the Victorian Era

H.G. Wells, most famously known as the pioneer of science fiction, successfully disrupted the Victorian Era by advocating sexual freedom and women’s rights, and by writing influential science fiction novels.

Wells was more than an advocate for sexual freedoms and women’s rights; he was most acclaimed for his influential novels. Wells fabricated dream-like stories profuse in symbolism. These works exhibited sudden shifts of setting and perspectives, outlandish events weaving with familiarity, and trivial endings (Mackenzie, Jeanne and Norman). These works comprised of “Under the Knife”, “The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes”, and “The Man Who Could Work Miracles.” Wells’ writing style is comparable to the process of dreaming, in which powerful and primeval emotions

Huxley whose commentary in the Nineteenth Century on the Agnosticism principle resembled Wells’ stance on human progress being inevitable (H.G. Wells: A Biography). Wells’ paperback The Time Machine primary theme centered around human progress being inevitable on a satirical level (Marxists Internet Archive). This proves that Wells writing was greatly influenced by Huxley. Moreover, Wells’ ideas and theories throughout his books are considered the rudiments of the science fiction genre. According to eduplace.com, these include predictions of life in the future and on other worlds, scientific principles and technology, aliens, and current, important, controversial issues in society. In his book The War in the Air, Wells anticipates air battles and engagements between naval and aerial fleets. This was four years after the Wright Brother’s successful historic flights at Kitty Hawk and two years before their airplane design was sold to U.S. army for military objectives (Wilson, Tome). Wells predicts aviation use against the enemy’s enemies to drop bombs planned in secrecy in The War in the