The Echo of a Distant Time: H.G. Wells on the manner in which the world shall meet its end

Thursday, August 13, 2026

H.G. Wells on the manner in which the world shall meet its end

A black-and-white portrait of British author H. G. Wells seated at a desk, photographed by Kurt Hutton circa 1940. Wells wears a dark three-piece suit and spotted bow tie, his receding hair neatly combed and his distinctive moustache carefully trimmed. He gazes towards the camera with a grave, contemplative expression while holding his spectacles in one hand and a pencil in the other. Papers and an open book lie across the desk before him, while a shaded lamp illuminates stacked books at left. Dramatic chiaroscuro isolates Wells against the shadowed study, lending the portrait an austere, intellectual atmosphere.

photo by Kurt Hutton, c. 1940

“Mankind which began in a cave and behind a windbreak will end in the disease-soaked ruins of a slum.” — H.G. Wells, 21 September 1866 to 13 August 1946. Quote from The Fate of Man, ch. 26 (1939).

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