H. G. Wells, the inventor of the concept of the time machine and the phrase 'the Shape of Things to Come' described his life's work as one of 'critical anticipation'. Shadows of the Future identifies this attempt to imagine possible futures as the unifying principle behind Wells's diverse and sometimes wayward literary career. Described by John Middleton Murry as 'the last prophet of bourgeois Europe', he was also its first futurologist.
- ISBN10 0853234493
- ISBN13 9780853234494
- Publish Date 1 July 1995
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 September 2016
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Liverpool University Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English