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The War of the Wheels - H. G. Wells and the Bicycle (Hardcover)
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The War of the Wheels - H. G. Wells and the Bicycle (Hardcover)
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Amid apocalyptic invasions and time travel, one common machine
continually appears in H. G. Wells's works: the bicycle. From his
scientific romances and social comedies, to utopias, futurological
speculations, and letters, Wells's texts brim with bicycles. In The
War of the Wheels, Withers examines this mode of transportation as
both something that played a significant role in Wells's personal
life and as a literary device for creating elaborate characters and
exploring complex themes. Withers traces Wells's ambivalent
relationship with the bicycle throughout his writing. While Wells
celebrated it as a singular and astonishing piece of technology,
and continued to do so long after his contemporaries abandoned
their enthusiasm for the bicycle, he was not an unwavering promoter
of this machine. Wells acknowledged the complex nature of cycling,
its contribution to a growing dependence on and fetishization of
technology, and its role in humanity's increasing sense of
superiority. Moving into the twenty-first century, Withers reflects
on how the works of H. G. Wells can serve as a valuable locus for
thinking through many of our current issues and problems related to
transportation, mobility, and sustainability.
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