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
David Lodge (author) is a tragic infirmity". Lodge has said of his own work, "each of my novels corresponds to a particular phase or aspect of my own life [but] this does not mean they are autobiographical in any simple, straightforward sense". Two of Lodge's recent novels are based on the lives of authors: "Author, Author" (2004), about Henry James and "A Man of Parts" (2011), about H. G. Wells. "Author, Author" suffered from comparisons to Colm Tóibín's novel about Henry James, "The Master", which was published six months earlier and went on to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize; most reviews of