science fiction

Anticipations

Anticipations Of The Reaction Of Mechanical And Scientific Progress Upon Human Life And Thought, by H. G. Wells

Ann Veronica, A Modern Love Story

Ann Veronica, A Modern Love Story, by H. G. Wells

"The art of ignoring is one of the accomplishments of every
well-bred girl, so carefully instilled that at last she can even
ignore her own thoughts and her own knowledge."

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells

But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be
inhabited? . . . Are we or they Lords of the
World? . . . And how are all things made for man?--

KEPLER (quoted in The Anatomy of Melancholy)