Wells as Prophet

Hammerton, M. "Wells as Prophet." Foundation #45 (Spring 1989): 23-37.

Looks at H. G. Wells's prognostications of technological innovations. When Wells moved from science toward engineering technology, "the less he was at home, and the less reliable his intuitions were" (36). By early in the 20th c., Wells saw our "essential problem" as "not to further control over the physical world," but to get humans to behave like reasonable beings (30).