Wellsian Influence on Science and Tchnology of the Late Victorian Era

“Science Fiction in Late Victorian England: The Wellsian Influence on Science and Technology” Intro: Science fiction as a genre was not referred to as such until 1926 and the publication of the magazine Amazing Tales even though the format dates back to Lucian the Greek historian and author. The works of the formative period of “Scientific Fiction” can be broken down into major camps. The most notable of these being the Utopian idealist who follow in …

…Science Fiction was its penchant for stinging social criticism. As each facet of the Historiography is read, the fascination with the growing popularity of Science Fiction begins to develop into an introspective on how the parallels between Science Fiction and Science Fact become more fully developed. To establish a singular epistemology historians attempt to reconcile these parallels but up until this point there remains a varied idea of which creates the other. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** included