The shape of things to come
the ultimate revolution
by H. G. Wells
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"When Dr Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy an unpublished dream book'. Inspired by visions he has experienced for many years, it appears to be a book written far into the future: a history of humanity from the date of his death up to 2105. The Shape of Things to Come provides this history of the future', an account that was in some ways remarkably prescient predicting climatic disaster and sweeping cultural changes, including a Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare, and political instabilities in the Middle East." -- Back cover
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The Shape Of Things To Come (S.F. MASTERWORKS)
Feb 13, 2018, Gollancz
in English
147322165X 9781473221659
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Things to come: a critical text of the 1935 London first edition, with an introduction and appendices
2007, McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers
in English
0786430389 9780786430383
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The shape of things to come: the ultimate revolution
2005, Penguin
in English
0141441046 9780141441047
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The Shape of Things to Come: the ultimate revolution
1993, Dent, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Paperback
in English
0460873512 9780460873512
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A futuristic novel in which Wells predicts, along with the Second World War, an eventual rise of a World State run by a benevolent dictatorship. This state promotes science over religion and enforces English as a global language and finally paves the way for a true Utopian State.
The version below called "Things to Come" is not the book by Wells; it is a description of the film made much later.
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