The World Set Free
ISBN-13:
9780262543361
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.05.2022
Seiten:
282
Autor:
H. G. Wells
Gewicht:
270 g
Format:
199x130x21 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
"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!""--
Series Foreword ixIntroduction: A Crash Louder Than Thunder xvSarah ColePreface xxvPrelude: The Sun Snares 11 The New Source of Energy 252 The Last War 633 The Ending of War 1134 The New Phase 1635 The Last Days of Marcus Karenin 207Afterword: Shall We Play a Game? 243Joshua Glenn
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