Michael Starr is an associate professor in film and screen studies at the University of Northampton, United Kingdom.

"In exploring the Deleuzian concepts of ‘Becoming-Animal’ in The Island of Doctor Moreau, the ‘Body Without Organs’ in The War of the Worlds, and ‘Nomadology’ in The Time Machine, Starr’s study asserts itself at the forefront of current postmodern and poststructuralist approaches to Wells." - The Wellsian Journal of the H.G. Wells Society

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction—Wells, Deleuze and Science FictionOne—The Island of Doctor Moreau: Transhumanism, Spaces and BecomingTwo—The War of the Worlds: Martians, Cyborgs and Bodies Without OrgansThree—The Time Machine: Time Travel, Crystals and NomadsFour—H. G. Wells: Conceptual Personae, Minor Writing and Eternal ReturnAppendix A: Fictional Portrayals of H. G. WellsAppendix B: Wells and Deleuze: Chronology of Publications CitedChapter NotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex

Michael Starr is an associate professor in film and screen studies at the University of Northampton, United Kingdom.

"In exploring the Deleuzian concepts of ‘Becoming-Animal’ in The Island of Doctor Moreau, the ‘Body Without Organs’ in The War of the Worlds, and ‘Nomadology’ in The Time Machine, Starr’s study asserts itself at the forefront of current postmodern and poststructuralist approaches to Wells." - The Wellsian Journal of the H.G. Wells Society

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction—Wells, Deleuze and Science FictionOne—The Island of Doctor Moreau: Transhumanism, Spaces and BecomingTwo—The War of the Worlds: Martians, Cyborgs and Bodies Without OrgansThree—The Time Machine: Time Travel, Crystals and NomadsFour—H. G. Wells: Conceptual Personae, Minor Writing and Eternal ReturnAppendix A: Fictional Portrayals of H. G. WellsAppendix B: Wells and Deleuze: Chronology of Publications CitedChapter NotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex

Michael Starr is an associate professor in film and screen studies at the University of Northampton, United Kingdom.

"In exploring the Deleuzian concepts of ‘Becoming-Animal’ in The Island of Doctor Moreau, the ‘Body Without Organs’ in The War of the Worlds, and ‘Nomadology’ in The Time Machine, Starr’s study asserts itself at the forefront of current postmodern and poststructuralist approaches to Wells." - The Wellsian Journal of the H.G. Wells Society

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsviiiPrefaceAbbreviationsIntroduction—Wells, Deleuze and Science FictionOne—The Island of Doctor Moreau: Transhumanism, Spaces and BecomingTwo—The War of the Worlds: Martians, Cyborgs and Bodies Without OrgansThree—The Time Machine: Time Travel, Crystals and NomadsFour—H. G. Wells: Conceptual Personae, Minor Writing and Eternal ReturnAppendix A: Fictional Portrayals of H. G. WellsAppendix B: Wells and Deleuze: Chronology of Publications CitedChapter NotesBibliographyFilmographyIndex