Det fullständiga sammanhanget är (från Project Gutenburg ):
As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participation in these amazing adventures of Mr. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest accident. It might have been any one. I fell into these things at a time when I thought myself removed from the slightest possibility of disturbing experiences. I had gone to Lympne because I had imagined it the most uneventful place in the world. "Here, at any rate," said I, "I shall find peace and a chance to work!"
And this book is the sequel.
En sekundär definition av ordet "uppföljare" är "ett resultat, en konsekvens eller en inferens". Berättaren är effektivt säger "Jag hade ett äventyr. Denna bok är resultatet. "