A Year of Prophesying by H G Wells Paperback Book 9781473332942

This volume contains a collection of 55 newspaper columns written by H G Wells between 1923 and 1924 Following the immense success Wells quotThe Outline of Historyquot people wanted to hear more of his commentary especially on contemporary events As such Wells began writing popular columns for the Westminster Gazette the New York Times and the Daily Express This volume is highly recommended for fans of Wells writing and those with an interest in earlytwentiethcentury history Herbert George Wells 1866 1946 was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres including the novel politics history and social commentary Today he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as quotThe Time Machinequot 1895 quotThe Invisible Manquot 1897 and quotThe War of the Worldsquot 1898 Although never a winner Wells was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature a total of four times Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive We are republishing this book now in an affordable modern highquality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author First published in 1924