H.G. Wells
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Wells tahun 1920
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Pekerjaan | Novelis, pengajar, sejarawan, jurnalis |
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Genre | Science fiction (notably ) |
Karya terkenal | The Time Machine , The Invisible Man , , The War of the Worlds , The First Men in the Moon , The Shape of Things to Come |
Herbert George Wells adalah se orang novelis , jurnalis , sosiolog , sekaligus sejarawan berke bangsaan Inggris . [ 1 ] Dia lahir di , Kent , Inggris pada tanggal 21 September tahun 1866 dan meninggal saat 13 Agustus 1946 di London . [ 1 ] Dia terkenal karena novel fiksinya , seperti The Time Machine dan The War of the Worlds , kemudian komik yang dibuatnya, antara lain Tono-Bungay dan The History of Mr. Polly . [ 1 ] Bersama dengan Jules Verne , Wells disebut sebagai "Bapak Fiksi Ilmiah". [ 2 ]
Dia dibesarkan oleh keluarga yang miskin. [ 1 ] Lalu saat usianya mencapai 14 tahun, dia bekerja pada pedagang kain di Windsor , namun dia segera dipecat oleh tuannya . [ 1 ] Kemudian menjadi seorang ahli kimia , bekerja pada pedangan kain lagi, sampai akhirnya ketika tahun 1883 , dia menjadi di Midhurst Grammar School . [ 1 ] Selanjutnya saat umurnya 18 , Wells memperoleh beasiswa untuk belajar biologi di Normal School of Science (kemudian disebut Royal College ) di Kensington selatan , London . [ 1 ] Wells lulus dari London University tahun 1888 . [ 1 ]
Referensi
- ^ a b c d e f g h "H.G. Wells" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Diakses tanggal 15 Juni 2014 .
- ^ Adam Charles Roberts (2000), "The History of Science Fiction": Page 48 in Science Fiction , Routledge, ISBN 0-415-19204-8 .
Bacaan lanjut
- . H.G. Wells: His Turbulent Life & Times . 1969.
- Gilmour, David. The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling . New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002 (paperback, ISBN 0-374-18702-9 ); 2003 (paperback, ISBN 0-374-52896-9 ).
- , Mr. Wells as Historian . Glasgow: MacLehose, Jackson, and Co., 1921.
- Gosling, John. Waging the War of the Worlds . Jefferson, North Carolina, McFarland, 2009 (paperback, ISBN 0-7864-4105-4 ).
- Mauthner, Martin. German Writers in French Exile, 1933–1940 , London: Vallentine and Mitchell, 2007, ISBN 978-0-85303-540-4 .
Pranala luar
Sources—collections
- Karya H. G. Wells di Project Gutenberg , pre-1923.
- Works by H. G. Wells at , post-1923.
- Works by H. G. Wells in free audio format from LibriVox .
- Works by H. G. Wells at Internet Archive (scanned books original editions color illustrated)
- (Inggris) Herbert George Wells di Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- A Short History of the World , at bartleby.com.
- Works by H. G. Wells Diarsipkan 2011-03-25 di Wayback Machine . to read online at ReadmeFree.
Sources—letters, essays and interviews
- Film interview with H.G. Wells Diarsipkan 2010-08-20 di Wayback Machine .
- "Stephen Crane. From an English Standpoint" Diarsipkan 2013-11-03 di Wayback Machine ., by Wells, 1900.
- Rabindranath Tagore: In conversation with H. G. Wells Diarsipkan 2000-03-09 di Wayback Machine .. Rabindranath Tagore and Wells conversing in Geneva in 1930.
- "Introduction" Diarsipkan 2006-09-24 di Wayback Machine ., to 's The Journal of a Disappointed Man , by Wells, 1919.
- "Woman and Primitive Culture" , by Wells, 1895.
- Letter Diarsipkan 2011-07-18 di Wayback Machine ., to , by Wells, 1937.
- New Statesman – In the footsteps of H G Wells at www.newstatesman.com, H.G. Wells called for a Human Rights Act.
Biografi
- H. G. Wells: The Man and the Author . A biography of H. G. Wells by (2000).
- "H. G. Wells" . In Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
Critical essays
- "An Appreciation of H. G. Wells" , by , 1911.
- "Socialism and the Family" (1906) by , Part 1 , Part 2 .
- "H. G. Wells warned us how it would feel to fight a War of the Worlds " Diarsipkan 2007-03-09 di Wayback Machine ., by Niall Ferguson , in The Telegraph , 24 June 2005.
- "H. G. Wells's Idea of a World Brain: A Critical Re-assessment" Diarsipkan 2006-07-16 di Wayback Machine ., by , in Journal of the American Society for Information Science 50 (15 May 1999): 557–579
- "Mr H. G. Wells and the Giants" , by G. K. Chesterton , from his book Heretics (1908).
- "The Internet: a world brain?" , by , in , Jan–Feb 1999.
- "Science Fiction: The Shape of Things to Come" Diarsipkan 2006-08-23 di Wayback Machine ., by , in , May 2005.
- "Who needs Utopia? A dialogue with my utopian self (with apologies, and thanks, to H. G. Wells)" , by in Spaces of Utopia: An Electronic Journal , no 1, Spring 2006.
- "When H. G. Wells Split the Atom: A 1914 Preview of 1945" , by , in The Nation , posted 4 September 2003 (original 18 August 1945 issue).
- "Wells, Hitler and the World State" , by George Orwell . First published: Horizon . GB, London. August 1941.
- "War of the Worldviews" , by , in The Wall Street Journal Opinion Journal, 21 June 2005.
- "Wells's Autobiography" , by , from New International , Vol.2 No.2, March 1935, pp. 75–76
- "History in the Science Fiction of H. G. Wells" Diarsipkan 2006-11-23 di Wayback Machine ., by , Cycnos , 22.2 (2006).
- "FROM THE WORLD BRAIN TO THE WORLDWIDE WEB" Diarsipkan 2007-09-28 di Wayback Machine ., by , Gresham College Lecture, 9 November 2006.
- "The Beginning of Wisdom: On Reading H. G. Wells" Diarsipkan 2008-07-05 di Wayback Machine ., by , " ", 31.1 (2007).
- John Hammond, The Complete List of Short Stories of H. G. Wells Diarsipkan 2001-02-22 di Archive.is
- Website examining the legacy of The War Of The Worlds
- "H.G. Wells Predictions Ring True, 143 Years Later" at National Geographic