WELLS, H.G [Christopher Priest].
Experiment in Autobiography: Volume II Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain.
London: Faber and Faber Limited , 1984.
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First Edition of H.G. Wells' Experiment in Autobiography Volume II; From the Library of Christopher Priest
First edition of the second volume of Wells’s expansive autobiographical work, in which he reflects on the experiences, intellectual influences, and philosophical conclusions that shaped his life and career as one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers and social thinkers. Octavo, original publisher's cloth. From the collection of British science fiction author Christopher Priest with his ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Priest’s most famous works include The Inverted World (1974), the interconnected “Dream Archipelago” series, and The Prestige (1995), which was adapted into the 2006 Academy Award nominee film of the same name by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale, Hugh Jackman, Scarlett Johansson, and Michael Caine. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Pentagram.
Experiment in Autobiography: Volume II: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain (1934) continues H. G. Wells’s expansive autobiographical reflection on his intellectual development, personal experiences, and evolving social philosophy. In this second volume, Wells moves beyond narrative recollection to examine the ideas and conclusions that emerged from his life as a writer, public thinker, and observer of the modern world. Reflecting on his literary career, political engagements, and relationships with prominent contemporaries, Wells analyzes the formation of his beliefs about science, education, social organization, and the future of civilization. Blending memoir with philosophical inquiry, the work offers insight into Wells’s self-conception as a thinker attempting to understand and influence the rapidly changing intellectual and political landscape of the twentieth century.
Experiment in Autobiography: Volume II Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain.
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