The Wheels of Chance : A Bicycling Idyll (Paperback)

from la2bkk

Personally, I consider this one of Wells' lesser efforts, in that it fails to utilize his unparalleled ability to produce great works of science fiction. Wells' story telling ability is always top notch. So to with this quaint book, although the actual content is dated and the story line hardly c...

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A rather odd and peculiar novel, short in nature, about a man with a bicycle and the events that transpose from it. I feel that Wells was very inventive here, and taking quite a few liberties. Overall, it was interesting, but I don't see that much of lasting value with it apart from a few little ...

from baswood

Originally published in 1896; [The Wheels of Chance] was Wells' first social comedy in novel form. It followed closely on the heels of [The Time Machine], [The Wonderful Visit] and [The Island of Doctor Moreau], however the only fantasy in this new novel is in the head of its hero: Mr Hoopdriver ...