Issue 31

Spring 2016

Editor: Harry Wood

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL, p. 7

NEWS
2015 PEN Annual H.G. Wells Lecture, p. 9
Eponymous Diabetes Campaign Launched in Bristol, p. 10
Patrick Parrinder – H.G. Wells and World Peace: A Letter from Japan, p. 11
Petersfield Heritage Plaque, p. 13

REVIEWS
Michael Sherborne – The Nightmare World of H.G. Wells, p. 14

COMMENT
Charles Keller – H.G. Wells’s Things to Come: Observations and the German Connection of Rudolf the Victorious, p. 17
Eric Fitch – Quotes About Wells, p. 23

EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
‘Anticipations: H.G. Wells, Science Fiction, and Radical Visions,’ p. 24
Society AGM, p. 25
Secretary Vacancy, p. 26
‘A Day at Bromley Library with H.G. Wells,’ p. 26
Paul Allen – The Mayor of Bromley’s Sci. Fi. Day, p. 27
Paul Allen – Wells in Woking Launch, p. 29
Wesley Harland – H.G. Wells Public Sculpture Commission, p. 30
Sculpture Donations, p. 31