Sadly, my physical form has degenerated because junk food, refined sugars, and alcohol are terribly affordable in my neighborhood — and the spare time in which I could cook healthier food is frittered away with distractions.

“The influence of the author of The Coming Race is still powerful, and no year passes without the appearance of stories which describe the manners and customs of peoples in imaginary worlds…”

Three cheers for Bulwer-Lytton, the author of The Coming Race! I force myself to read his challenging prose precisely because it is difficult! Not even the considerable pulchritude of Yvette Mimieux could dissuade me from challenging my remaining grey cells with such cerebral hardships!

“…the subterranean Morlocks were based, in part, on Wells’ own early-life experiences in the working class…”

I typically think of Wells as an over-privileged, over-sexed plutocrat who hob-nobbed with over-privileged Fabians who resembled Cecil Rhodes, but apparently Wells was not unacquainted with poverty. I had initially hoped to post some evidence that Wells and Rhodes were acquainted, but I have not found such evidence. Wells “Open Conspiracy” for world government certainly sounds like Rhodes’ plans for an expanded British empire.