Exploring the Compex Bonds Between The Human and Robots in H.g. Wells’ The War of the Worlds

Authors

  • R Margaret Karunya Guest Faculty, Department of English and Comparative Literature Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34293/rtdh.v12iS1-Dec.66

Keywords:

Space Exploration, Imaginative Exloration, Predictions, Futuristic Concepts

Abstract

Science fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that explores imaginative and futuristic concepts often grounded in scientific principles, technology, or extraterrestrial elements with horrific events. It often envisions alternative futures, advanced technologies, space exploration, and the impact of scientific advancements on society, providing a platform for creative exploration of “what if” scenarios and the consequences of scientific or technological changes. Recent researches concentrate on how scientific advancements escort human race. This essay takes H.G. Wells, one of the best prolific writers of scientific fiction, “The War of Worlds” to bridge the association between literature and science. The narrative within the novel escorts the reader to hold societal perceptions and implication of human-robot interactions as Wells suggests. Changes are natural universally that can be approximated not assured.The first modern tale of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential of all science-fiction works.

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Published

2023-12-14