The Hampdenshire Wonder

In this pioneering science-fictional treatment of superhuman intelligence, a mutant wonder child's insights prove devastating. Science fiction luminary Ted Chiang introduces J.D. Beresford (1873-1947) was an English dramatist, journalist, and author. A great admirer of H.G. Wells, he published the first critical study of Wells''s scientific romances in 1915. In addition to <The Hampdenshire Wonder< (1911), an early and influential proto-sf novel about super-intelligence, his genre novels include <A World of Women< (1913), <Revolution< (1921), and <The Riddle of the Tower< (1944, with Esmé Wynne-Tyson).

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J.D. Beresford (1873&#8211;1947) was an English dramatist, journalist, and author. His proto-science fiction novels include The Hampdenshire Wonder (1911), A World of Women (1913), and The Riddle of the Tower (1944, with Esme Wynne-Tyson); he also wrote in the horror and ghost story genres. A great admirer of H.G. Wells, he wrote the first critical study of Wells in 1915. His daughter, Elisabeth Beresford (1926&#8211;2010), was creator of the literary and TV franchise The Wombles.