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The Shape of Things to Come

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  • Sep, 1933
  • #ScienceFiction
H.G. Wells
@HGWells
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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Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'.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 ex... Show More

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Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'.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.

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Number of Pages: 576

ISBN: 0141441046

ISBN-13: 9780141441047

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GregDiablo @KnghtPntcls ยท Jul 7, 2022
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Having been published in 1933 it is so On Point! Even mentions bitcoin, or energy as money... Can't get it out of my head... On point predictions made almost 100 years ago and the means was interesting also.
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