Dreams of Future Past: The Science Fiction Worlds of Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells

By Dana Martin Batory

Meet two of the greatest authors of Speculative Fiction that Britain ever produced! Let Dana Martin Batory guide you through the bizarre, yet fascinating worlds of H.G. Wells and Arthur Conan Doyle. This collection of essays explores tales of alien invasion, time travel, bizarre genetic experimentation, global ecological disaster, the unleashing of species long-thought extinct, and technology so powerful it can disentangle the very building blocks of matter!

"Most of the 15 essays in this book will have escaped the notice of the student of Conan Doyle, having appeared in various science fiction magazines. Batory pays close attention to the final Professor Challenger story, 'When the World Screamed,' pointing out the erotic undertones barely concealed within it. He offers welcome attention to Conan Doyle, the science fictionalist, a role often overlooked."

- The Baker Street Journal

Wessex Press
150 pp., illustrated, soft-cover.