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H. G. Wells’s Predictions: The Right, the Wrong and the Ugly
H. G. Wells’s Predictions: The Right, the Wrong and the Ugly
By Benjamin Welton
September 19, 2014

As a founder of science fiction, Wells got a surprising share the future right. He also got some things very, very wrong.

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Flash Boom
Flash Boom
By Mike Meginnis
September 19, 2014

Experiencing the atomic bombing of Japan through the short animated film Pikadon.

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