It is the 150th anniversary of H. G. Wells's birth in 2016,Includes a lively and accessible introduction by a leading scholar of late Victorian popular fiction,Includes an up-to-date bibliography, chronology, and notes to provide addional contextual interest,Discusses the contexts and influence of the novel, and its place in a rich tradition of island and castaway fiction, from Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels to Lord of the Flies