tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post3198400473966918082..comments2024-03-28T17:35:04.736+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: The Time Machine And The Terran EmpireKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-80660092037225026472017-07-28T07:57:22.993+01:002017-07-28T07:57:22.993+01:00Kaor, Nicholas!
By "dreary political tracts...Kaor, Nicholas! <br /><br />By "dreary political tracts" I meant those of Wells works that he did not write to be fictional. But MEN LIKE GODS sounds like it might actually be worth reading! Unless the political propaganda overwhelmed the SF plot device? <br /><br />I have a Barnes & Noble hardcover collection of seven of Wells novels, but MEN LIKE GODS was not included. A pity, perhaps!<br /><br />Regards! SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-23124548124419991122017-07-28T05:36:33.972+01:002017-07-28T05:36:33.972+01:00Kaor, Sean!
I remember reading Wells' MEN LIK...Kaor, Sean!<br /><br />I remember reading Wells' MEN LIKE GODS, written after World War One. It is science fiction, but it is also something you might describe as a dreary political tract. Whatever you think of Wells's political wisdom, the story involves people from our world being transported to an alternate world that is centuries more advanced, as well as being different in other ways (their version of Christ was killed on a wheel, not a cross). I don't have an exhaustive knowledge of early sf, but this might be the first story with this kind of alternate history/travel across paratime background.<br /><br />Best Regards,<br />Nicholas D. Rosen Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-74731197518010182552017-07-27T16:13:27.549+01:002017-07-27T16:13:27.549+01:00Kaor, Paul!
Interesting, it makes me wonder what ...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />Interesting, it makes me wonder what might have happened if Wells had continue to write science fiction, including even inventing the idea of humanity settling the planets of other stars. Possibly by a FTL means? Only that would make it possible there to be interstellar empires, federations, confederations, etc.<br /><br />I wish Wells had not abandoned SF! Most of his later works after about 1907 were dreary political tracts almost no one reads these days.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com