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‘Frankenstein Dreams’: When Sci-fi Lumbered into the Victorian Era
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‘Frankenstein Dreams’: When Sci-fi Lumbered into the Victorian Era

By
Catherine Ramsdell
/ 7 December 2017

Did the Victorians deal with their rapidly changing society better than civilization today is dealing with equally new dizzying discoveries?

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The Price of Apathy

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PopMatters Staff
/ 6 August 2013
Future History in H.G. Wells’ ‘Things to Come’
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Future History in H.G. Wells’ ‘Things to Come’

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David Maine
/ 28 June 2013

H.G. Well’s future history film Things to Come depicts a techno-utilitarian homogeneity that looks like an underground shopping mall from Hell.

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We Few, We Happy Few, We Bandaged Brothers: Jeff Lemire’s The Nobody and the Quest for Self

By
Kevin M. Brettauer
/ 12 November 2009
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The Island of Mr. Lemire: Why The Nobody Matters

By
Kevin M. Brettauer
/ 12 November 2009
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Arcade Fire and H.G. Wells: The Lies Machine

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PopMatters Staff
/ 10 August 2008
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Arcade Fire and H.G. Wells: The Lies Machine

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PopMatters Staff
/ 10 August 2008
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‘WOW’ of the Worlds

By
Jennifer Makowsky
/ 13 July 2005

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