- Modern History, Prophecies, Forecasts, Twenty-first century
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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- character-ledplot-driven
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- earnestironic
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- Author
- H. G. Wells
- First published
- 1933
- Pages
- 431
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company, Corgi, Gregg Press
- Editions
- 40
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780755104208
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Herbert George Wells was an English author, best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary.
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