Or, to get all foundational about it, FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Verne, and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE TIME MACHINE by Wells.
Any E A Poe?
Wow, 61 posts before HG Wells was listed.
***FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA by Verne, and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS and THE TIME MACHINE by Wells.***
Read them all! And many more!
Every time I think of the Eloi in THE TIME MACHINE I think of John Lennon’s “IMAGINE” song. The Eloi had it! Till dinner time for the Morlocks.
Edward Bellamy Looking Backward. Give a view of the world in 1987 from an 1887 perspective. I bit hard to read unless you get the context of an early industrial revelation persona trying to figure out where it all leads. Spoiler is automation and socialism.