"By contrast and Wells’s contemptuous description of the Eloi undermines that."
One of Wells' biggest flaws as a science fiction writer was that he never gave any of his characters, even the leads, much depth. In his view they served the story's central idea rather than vice versa.
And, unfortunately, because his influence on the genre was massive, a lot of the later generation of SF writers, though not all, tended to develop their characters in the same way.
But when he moved into writing more realistic books like "Kipps" (which was semi-autobiographical) and "Ann Veronica" in the early 20th century, he was forced to treat his people more realistically, for once.
"By contrast and Wells’s contemptuous description of the Eloi undermines that."
One of Wells' biggest flaws as a science fiction writer was that he never gave any of his characters, even the leads, much depth. In his view they served the story's central idea rather than vice versa.
And, unfortunately, because his influence on the genre was massive, a lot of the later generation of SF writers, though not all, tended to develop their characters in the same way.
But when he moved into writing more realistic books like "Kipps" (which was semi-autobiographical) and "Ann Veronica" in the early 20th century, he was forced to treat his people more realistically, for once.