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H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come, a low-budget Canadian space opera film first released in May 1979, presented itself as a sequel and adaptation. Apart from the name of two characters named "Caball" (named after Cabal in the film Things to Come), it has no connection with the film or book.
- H. G. Wells
- 1933
Things to Come (also known as Shape of Things to Come[2] and in promotional material as H. G. Wells' Things to Come) is a 1936 British science fiction film produced by Alexander Korda, directed by William Cameron Menzies, and written by H. G. Wells. The film stars Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric ...
Wells wrote this novel at the height of his literary fame and he must have had considerable push back power when dealing with his publishers. ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ certainly reads like a book where the writer has completely had their way and if ever there was a book in dire need of a good hard editing this is it.
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May 26, 2005 · The Shape of Things to Come. 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Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, dies in 1930 he leaves behind a powerful legacy - an unpublished 'dream book'.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.
- H.G. Wells
- Patrick Parrinder
- reprint
- The Shape of Things to ComePenguin classics
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. Read more. Details.
Other articles where The Shape of Things to Come is discussed: H.G. Wells: Middle and late works: …version of a film script, The Shape of Things to Come. (Produced by Alexander Korda, the film Things to Come [1936] remains, on account of its special effects, one of the outstanding British films of the 20th century.) Wells’s version reverts to the utopianism of some earlier books, but as…
The Shape of Things To Come. Paperback – 19 Nov. 2023. The Shape of Things to Come is a work of science fiction, which speculates on future events from 1933 until the year 2106. In the book, a world state is established as the solution to humanity's problems. As a frame story, Wells claims that the book is his edited version of notes written ...
- H. G. Wells
