John S. Partington was the editor of The Wellsian.

'an ambitious and always informative review of European reactions to Well and his work...Parrinder and Partinger collect a wealth of information, much of it translated into English for the first time, in readable essays of uniform quality.' ~ Kritikon Litterarum, 33 (2006) (FR) 'Elinor Shaffer, grande sp cialiste de litt rature compar e de l'Universit de Londres ..., aura eu t t fait de rendre incontournable la r cente collection d'ouvrages voquant la r ception d'auteurs britanniques, et publi e par Thoemmes Continuum dans la s rie >. Le remarquable volume inaugural consacr Virginia Woolf en 2002 a t suivi, en quatre courtes ann es, d'une liste impressionnante de titres [qui] mobilisent la m me nergie collective l' chelle internationale. (EN)'Elinor Shaffer, an eminent specialist in comparative literature, from the University of London...will have made it impossible to circumvent the recent collection of works evoking the reception of British authors, published by Continuum in the series "Athlone Critical Traditions". The remarkable inaugural volume devoted to Virginia Woolf in 2002 was followed, in four short years, by an impressive list of titles [each] mobilising the same collective energy on an international scale.(FR)Parce qu'il tient la fois de l' tude bibliographique l' chelle europ enne, et de l'analyse th orique de la r ception de l'ouvre litt raire, ce livre fait pleinement honneur la collection soign e qui l'abrite, tout en offrant un nouvel outil pr cieux au lecteur de Wells.'(EN)...because it holds the bibliographical study on a European scale, and the theoretical analysis of the reception of the literary oeuvre, this book fully honours the neat collection which shelters it, while offering a new invaluable tool to Wells readers.'Extract from Christine Huguet (Universit de Lille III), Etudes Anglaises, 60.2 (2007): 246-47. 'The Reception of H. G. Wells in Europe is a landmark. The timeline, and the extensive bibliographies to each chapter, give the reader the important maps of the territory which are needed to consider just what, of Wells, was published when, and what was said about him ... Wellsians will need this research, but generalists in science fiction studies will gain a vast amount from it, and anyone interested in the construction of European science fiction will gain a great deal of knowledge (and pleasure) from browsing through it.' - Foundation

• Series Editor's Preface, Elinor Shaffer \ Acknowledgements \ List of Contributors \ Timeline: European Reception of H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder \ Abbreviations \ Introduction, Patrick Parrinder \ French \ 1. H. G. Wells's Critical Reception in France, Joseph Altairac, trans. Barbara Ghiringhelli \ 2. Henry-D. Davray and Mercure de France, Annie Escuret \ Russian \ 3. Future Perfect: H. G. Wells and Bolshevik Russia, 1917-1932, Roger Cockrell \ 4. H. G. Wells in Russian Literary Criticism, 1890s-1940s, Adelaida Lyubimova and Boris Proskurnin \ 5. Russia Revisited, Vera Shamina and Maria Kozyreva \ German \ 6. White Elephants and Black Machines: H. G. Wells and German Culture, 1920-1945, Elmar Schenkel \ 7. Ignorance, Opportunism, Propaganda, and Dissent: The Reception of H. G. Wells in Nazi Germany, Richard Nate \ Polish \ 8. H. G. Wells's Polish Reception, Andrzej Juszczyk \ 9. On Translations of H. G. Wells's Work into Polish, Julius K. Palczewski \ Czech \ 10. A Welcome Guest: the Czech Reception of H. G. Wells, Bohuslav Manek \ Hungary \ 11. Critics and Apologists of H. G. Wells in Interwar Hungary, Gabriella Voo \ 12. The Puzzle of the Connection between H. G. Wells and the Hungarian Frigyes Karinthy, Katalin Csala \ Italian \ 13. H. G. Wells, Italian Futurism and Marinetti's The Untamables (Gli Indomabili), Maria Teresa Chialant \ Catalan \ 14. An Approximation of H. G. Wells's Impact on Catalonia, Teresa Iribarren i Donadeu \ Spanish \ 15. H. G. Wells and the Discourse of Censorship in Franco's Spain, Alberto Lazaro \ Portugese \ 16. News from Nowhere: Portuguese Dialogues with H. G. Wells, Jose Manuel Mota \ IRISH \ 17. Clashing Utopias: H. G. Wells and Catholic Ireland, Lucian Ashworth \ French and Russian Science Fiction \ 18. A Tale of Two Science Fictions: H. G. Wells in France and the Soviet Union, George Slusser and Daniele Chatelain \ European Film \ 19. 'The Invisible Wells' in European Cinema and Television, Nicoletta Vallorani \ European Unification \ 20. H. G. Wells and the International Paneuropean Union, John S. Partington \ Bibliography \ Index.