PD Smith

Science and the cinema

05 June 2008 | movies, Reviewing, Science & literature, SF, TLS, Wells | Post a comment

Wells, Invisible ManThis week’s issue of the Times Lit­er­ary Sup­ple­ment con­tains my review of two intrigu­ing but rather dif­fer­ent books: H.G. Wells, Moder­ni­ty and the Movies, by Kei­th Williams (Liv­er­pool UP, 2007), and Hol­ly­wood Sci­ence: Movies, Sci­ence, & the End of the World, by Sid­ney Perkowitz (Colum­bia UP, 2007).

Both are well worth read­ing. Williams’ book sent me back to Wells’ nov­el When the Sleep­er Wakes (1899). I’d for­got­ten what an extra­or­di­nary book it is.

The review is not yet online, but you can read my ver­sion of it here.

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