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When a diplomat dies in the 1930s, he leaves behind a book of ''dream visions'' he has been experiencing, detailing events that will occur on Earth for the next two hundred years.

This fictional ''account of the future'' (similar to LAST AND FIRST MEN by Olaf Stapledon) proved prescient in many ways, as Wells predicts events such as the Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare and climate change.



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The Shape Of Things To Come

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      Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
      Publication Date: 08/06/2017
      ISBN13: 9781473221659, 978-1473221659
      ISBN10: 147322165X

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      When a diplomat dies in the 1930s, he leaves behind a book of ''dream visions'' he has been experiencing, detailing events that will occur on Earth for the next two hundred years.

      This fictional ''account of the future'' (similar to LAST AND FIRST MEN by Olaf Stapledon) proved prescient in many ways, as Wells predicts events such as the Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare and climate change.



      Trade Review
      Wells is the Prospero of all brave new worlds of the mind, and the Shakespeare of science fiction

      The greatest science fiction writer of them all

      The founding father and presiding genius of UK science fiction - The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction

      Wells's scientific romances were works of art with unique relevance for our times

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