Everybody knows two works by H. G. Wells. The Time Machine (1895) is widely seen as the first time-travel sci-fi story, and War of the Worlds (1898) as the first martian invasion story. But these two works are unrepresentative of H. G. Wells's career as a whole, let alone of his reputation in his lifetime. The presentation will provide a more fully rounded picture of H. G. Wells both as a writer and as a deeply flawed human being.
Maybe We Don't Know H. G. Wells
Aleksi Peura
Hall 3d1, – (45 min)
Content warnings: Talk of extra-marital affairs (nothing graphic, mind you); minor coarse language with potential for problematic connotations such as ableism, racism, and sexism (quotations from source material with historical context given by the presenter); talk of extreme politics, i.e. communism and fascism (for purely historical purposes).
Other accessibility information: Just me talking in English with a Finnish accent and showing PowerPoint-slides.