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The Shape of Things to Come is a Science fiction novel written by the British writer H. G. Wells published in 1933. It takes the on form of a future history that ends in 2106. Synopsis. A long economic slump causes a major war that leaves Europe devastated and threatened by the plague.
- H. G. Wells
- 1933
H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come is a 1979 Canadian science fiction film directed by George McCowan, and starring Jack Palance, Barry Morse, Nicholas Campbell, Anne-Marie Martin, Carol Lynley and John Ireland.
The Shape of Things to Come: Directed by George McCowan. With Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse, John Ireland. Some time in the future, man has set up colonies on the Moon, when Earth becomes uninhabitable.
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- Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- George McCowan
- 1979-08
One quaint expedition, grotesque and childish and yet an augury of greater things to come, flits very illuminatingly across the dreadful record of these war years. It is the voyage of a passenger steamship from New York to Norway.
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.
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- Paperback
Apr 25, 2006 · The Shape of Things to Come tells of an intellectual who dies and leaves behind a "dream book" inspired by visions that are remarkably prescient. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world.
- H. G. Wells
Film and television. H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come, a 1979 Canadian film loosely based on the Wells novel. The Shape of Things to Come (film), 2021 science fiction film directed by Victor Manuel Checa. "The Shape of Things to Come" ( Lost), 2008 television series episode.
