H. G. Wells Society thought of Wells and encouraging a wider interest in his writings and ideas. The Society has published a comprehensive bibliography of Wells's published works, and has printed the following other publications, several of which were works by Wells which had previously been out of print for many years: The Society's objective is "to promote and encourage universally an active interest in, and appreciation of, the life, work and thought of Herbert George Wells". Its specific aims are: Each year the Society organises a September conference where aspects of Wells's life and work are discussed. All members receive a triannual newsletter
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