Description: "Wells's masterpieces get the red-carpet treatment here in these luxurious editions...academic collections supporting English departments should definitely invest in this volume"- Library Journal ; "Stover is to be thanked for his years of Wellsian scholarship"- Public Library Quarterly ; "Stover, by presenting the intellectual underpinnings of Wells' work, has provided a powerful tool for understanding his writings, one sees them more deeply, without losing that earlier sense-of-wonder that originally opened the vistas of the young reader's mind...a crucial guide to these classics of science fiction"- Fosfax ; "two cheers for Stoverism...formidable scholarship...serious students of Wells would be foolish to ignore 'Stoverism'"- The Wellsian ; "Stover should be commended for a painstaking and meticulous editorial commentary"- Utopian Studies ; "extensively annotated and analyzed by Stover...annotations are filled with insights into Wells' writings and philosophy"- C&RL News .

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