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    The Shape Of Things To Come

    H.G. Wells

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    When Dr Philip Raven, a diplomat working for the League of Nations, dies in the 1930s, he leaves behind a book of dreams outlining the visions he has been experiencing for many years. These visions seem to be glimpses into the future, detailing events that will occur on Earth for the next two hundred years.

    This fictional 'history of the future' proved prescient in many ways, as Wells predicted events such as the Second World War, the rise of chemical warfare, climate change and the growing instability of the Middle East.

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    • 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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    H.G. Wells

    H.G. Wells

    H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T. H. Huxley. It was with THE TIME MACHINE (1895) that he had his real breakthrough. Today he is regarded as one of the all-time greatest authors of science fiction.

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