tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post3718209258357803907..comments2024-03-28T12:21:46.299-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: H.G. Wells on America, American Tourists, & the War (1916)snielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-34745076516658484742020-10-14T14:50:19.208-07:002020-10-14T14:50:19.208-07:00How do you think H.G. Wells feels about immigrants...How do you think H.G. Wells feels about immigrants?<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16994409224431717014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82379879378941406662017-02-18T23:21:20.106-08:002017-02-18T23:21:20.106-08:00Most of the future is seen as science fiction... u...Most of the future is seen as science fiction... until it is invented by people of vision. Then it becomes just the past, as in 'yes, we went to the moon many years ago.' Our mortal enemies are seen in the same way... Germany, Japan, Vietnam are all friends of America now.David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-14416059100363894882017-01-06T15:18:19.730-08:002017-01-06T15:18:19.730-08:00I read that H. G. Wells wrote about what he called...I read that H. G. Wells wrote about what he called "atomic bombs" in 1914 because it was known that far back that there was tremendous energy in atoms. So it was prescient in some ways, but actually what it did was convince people by WWII that splitting atoms was literally science fiction.Karen Thttp://greatwarstories.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-23776951231217154712017-01-06T12:50:05.227-08:002017-01-06T12:50:05.227-08:00A wonderful post! "I remember that soon after...A wonderful post! "I remember that soon after the outbreak of the war I lunched at the Savoy Hotel in London when it was crammed with Americans suddenly swept out of Europe by the storm. My host happened to be a man of some diplomatic standing, and several of them came and talked to him. They were full of these old-world ideas of American immunity. Their indignation was comical even at the Diane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16794521230958515051noreply@blogger.com