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H. G. Wells
(4,346 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)
Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pieces on a wide variety of intriguing topics from chess to death. Each essay is a gem of wit and delight. - Summary by Larry Wilson (6 hr 23 min)
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what a wonderful inventive mind HG had . The stories flow.
John Cobb
(4,5 Sterne)
Wells failed the diversity test
The Communistic national Socialist Gay Homophobe
(5 Sterne)
Written from a western heteronotmative viewpoint that necessarily excludes voices from marginalized LatinX Americans. Wells needs to rewrite the stories to orbit around the phlight of a nonbinary LatinX guest worker being separated from their Mother by a heteronotmative white male. Then this story will become an instant classic. Barring the rewrite, the story remains problematically raycyst.
Great comedy!
potuc
(4,5 Sterne)
Of course, as Dr Raycyst says (although without the obvious sarcasm), Wells doesn't have very diverse pieces of humor here. While they are funny, they clearly reveal the sexism of his days.