Maps of utopia [electronic resource] : H.G. Wells, modernity, and the end of culture / Simon J. James. James, Simon J. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 Criticism and interpretation. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 Aesthetics. PR5777 823.912 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This is a study of the literary theories of H.G. Wells, the founding father of English science fiction and once the most widely read writer in the world. It explores his career, during which he produced popular science, educational theory, history politics, and prophecy, as well as realist, experimental, and science fiction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. 2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 230 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199606597.001.0001 eng