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Episode 060: Cycling The Route of ‘The Wheels Of Chance’ By H.G. Wells
Episode 060: Cycling The Route of ‘The Wheels Of Chance’ By H.G. Wells
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Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Oct 16, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Tristam Newey is a science-fiction writer from Southampton who loves all things sea, air, space.. and cycling. Inspired by H.G.Wells' 1896 comic novel The Wheels of Chance, in July 2022 Tristam set off to retrace the journey of the book's main protagonist, Mr. Hoopdriver - a frustrated draper's assistant from Putney - from London to the south coast of England (and halfway back). As he travelled, he rediscovered the places that H.G. Wells wrote about and recreated the sketches that appeared in the original book. In the words of H.G. Wells himself, "Whoop for freedom and adventure!",
Released:
Oct 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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