The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells

The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells

Author: H. G. Wells
ISBN: 055209532X
Condition: Pre-Loved / Secondhand — Vintage 1974 Edition

First published in 1933, The Shape of Things to Come is one of H. G. Wells' most ambitious and visionary works — a sweeping speculative history of the future, presented as the dream-notes of a League of Nations diplomat. Wells imagines the collapse of civilisation through war and plague, followed by the rise of a technocratic world state and the eventual emergence of a utopian global society.

Eerily prescient in its predictions — including a second world war beginning in the 1940s — this is both a gripping work of science fiction and a serious political and philosophical treatise. A fascinating window into the hopes, fears, and intellectual ambitions of the early twentieth century.

A wonderful find for lovers of classic sci-fi, futurism, and the history of ideas.

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