Revolution; A Story of the Near Future in England

John Davys Beresford (17 March 1873 – 1 February 1947) was an English writer, now remembered for his early science fiction and some short stories in the horror story and ghost story genres. Beresford was a great admirer of H.G. Wells, and wrote the first critical study of Wells in 1915. His Wellsian novel The Hampdenshire Wonder was a major influence on Olaf Stapledon. His other science-fiction novels include The Riddle of the Tower, about a dystopian, hive-like society. Revolution: A Story of the Near Future in England 1921) is a determinedly objective analysis of a Near Future socialist revolution in the UK. It generated a lot of controversy in England at the time, since it was published only four years after the Russian revolution.