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The World Set Free

Autor H. G. Wells
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The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is based on a prediction of nuclear weapons of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort than the world has yet seen. It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy, consisting of three books: A Trap to Catch the Sun, The Last War in the World and The World Set Free.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781500748111
ISBN-10: 1500748110
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Notă biografică

H.G. Wells (1866–1946) is best known today as author of pioneering scientific romances such as The Time Machine(1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). An influence on sf authors from Olaf Stapledon to Arthur C. Clarke, he was also a social critic and futurist who penned dozens of novels, stories, and works of history and social commentary in which he proposed more rational ways to organize society.

Cuprins

Series Foreword ix
Introduction: A Crash Louder Than Thunder xv
Sarah Cole
Preface xxv

Prelude: The Sun Snares 1
1 The New Source of Energy 25
2 The Last War 63
3 The Ending of War 113
4 The New Phase 163
5 The Last Days of Marcus Karenin 207

Afterword: Shall We Play a Game? 243
Joshua Glenn