H. G. Wells Society H. G. Wells Society There have been two groups called the H.G. Wells Society, both set up to support the ideas of Herbert George Wells (1866–1946). The first "H.G. Wells Society" was set up in 1934 to promote Wells' political ideas. Its members included Gerald Heard, Olaf Stapledon, Sylvia Pankhurst, Eden Paul and Vera Brittain. The group later changed its name to "Cosmopolis", then the "Open Conspiracy". In 1936 it merged with the Federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals. The later H.G. Wells Society, founded in 1960, is an international association composed of people interested in the life, work and
New Worlds for Old (H. G. Wells) young people, especially those living in the United States. "New Worlds for Old" was very successful, and went through many editions; it was reprinted five times over the next six years and later went through two revisions. Leopold Bloom cites it in the "Night Town" section of James Joyce's "Ulysses". The book influenced an entire generation of British socialists. It was praised by William Archer, John Galsworthy, Ray Lankester, Joseph Conrad, and many others; in a review, Arnold Bennett called it a masterly work. New Worlds for Old (H. G. Wells) New Worlds for Old (1908), which appeared in some