MIT Press / Radium Age / The World Set Free
(Sprache: Englisch)
"Building on the recent discovery that "the atom, that once we thought hard and impenetrable, and indivisible and final and - lifeless - lifeless, is really a reservoir of immense energy," Wells conjures a 1950s England in which clean, efficient atomic...
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"Building on the recent discovery that "the atom, that once we thought hard and impenetrable, and indivisible and final and - lifeless - lifeless, is really a reservoir of immense energy," Wells conjures a 1950s England in which clean, efficient atomic engines have transformed life for the better. Alas, a world war breaks out, in which atomic bombs wipe out the world's great cities. Worldwide civilization is on the brink of collapse, when a conference of enlightened monarchs, presidents, powerful journalists, and scientists gathers in order to establish a peaceful one-world order. When one Kissinger-like figure begins to strategize about maintaining national autonomy and monarchical authority within this utopian world government, another character shuts him up with one word: "BANG!""--
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Series Foreword ixIntroduction: 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
Autoren-Porträt von H. G. Wells
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.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: H. G. Wells
- 2022, 282 Seiten, Maße: 13 x 19,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: MIT Press
- ISBN-10: 0262543362
- ISBN-13: 9780262543361
- Erscheinungsdatum: 27.04.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
"The World Set Free, with its predictions of aerial warfare, atomic bombs, and international peace conferences, takes first place in the Nostradamus sweepstakes for those who prefer their science fiction to be predictive."Los Angeles Review of Books
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