# H. G. Wells — The Story of Utopias character guide

> H. G. Wells in The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. H. G. Wells, Mr. Wells, Wells

**First appearance:** 0003-the-story-of-utopias

## Who they are

Restless novelist and prophet whose A Modern Utopia pushes the ideal commonwealth toward science, machinery, and the modern world.

## In the story

### [Looking Backward into the Future](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned for his early romances that outlined aspects of the future that became actualities.

### [How William Morris and W. H. Hudson renew the classic tradition of utopias; and how, finally, Mr. H. G. Wells sums up and clarifies the utopias of the past, and brings them into contact with the world of the present.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/ix)

Summed up and clarified past utopias, bringing them into contact with the present world.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned for A Modern Utopia and its order of Samurai, which returns to Plato's guardians.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iv)

Mentioned in contrast: his utopia in 'When the Sleeper Awakens' involves a gigantic network of steel and huge communities, unlike Morris's simple life.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/vi)

Author of 'A Modern Utopia,' which is the central focus of the chapter. His work is described as a fine and lucid product of the imagination, combining vivid fantasy with regard for present realities.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/vii)

Author of 'A Modern Utopia,' which is the focus of this chapter, praised for its deftness, humor, and realistic note.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iv)

Cited for his 'cruel description of Bladesover in Tono-Bungay' as an analysis of Country House culture.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/viii)

Wells' 'The Time Machine' is referenced for its depiction of a Country House population and a factory population (Morlocks), though noted as exaggerated.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iii)

Referenced for his satirical depiction in 'Boon' of the best-laid plans being thwarted by human weakness.

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