3 reviewed books
ReviewThe First Men in the MoonJules Verne ridiculed this novel for its flippant disregard of Newton's laws. The propulsion device H.G. Wells uses to get to the moon is reminiscent of "Flubber" from Walt Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor.→ReviewThe Island of Dr. MoreauMoreau's human-animal hybrids would draw venture capital today. Ted Gioia on why H.G. Wells's Victorian readers found The Island of Dr. Moreau appalling.→ReviewThe Time MachineTed Gioia reads The Time Machine as social criticism: H.G. Wells sends his traveller to the year 802,701, where the class divide has made Eloi and Morlocks.→