In this 1984 interview, Anthony West, son of H. G. Wells and novelist Rebecca West, talks with Don Swaim about West's biography of his father, H.G. Wells: Aspects of a Life. West discusses H. G. Wells' place in literary history.

West talks about H. G. Wells and the men's clubs and brothels of the Victorian era. He says the times were marked by promiscuity and hypocrisy. Anthony West had interviewed a few of his father's romantic partners and he discusses this aspect of H. G. Wells' life. Also, West talks about his father's membership in the Fabian Society, and Wells' early understanding of new scientific concepts, such as nuclear fission and the biosphere.

 

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For many years most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. Wired for Books is proud to webcast these interviews in RealAudio.