The World Set Free
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Fair
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Pages: Good
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A visionary work of early science fiction, The World Set Free chronicles humanity's turbulent journey from the discovery of atomic energy to the devastation of global nuclear warfare and, ultimately, the birth of a utopian world government. Written in 1914, H. G. Wells presents a startlingly prophetic narrative that anticipates the atomic bomb by three decades, imagining cities obliterated by chain-reaction atomic bombs dropped from aircraft in a catastrophic world war. The novel argues with urgent moral force that mankind's technological progress must be matched by an equal advancement in political and social wisdom, or civilization itself will be consumed by its own power. Wells adopts the sweeping, authoritative tone of a historian writing from the future, lending the story a sense of grand inevitability that is both sobering and inspiring. A landmark of speculative fiction, it remains a profound meditation on science, warfare, and the radical restructuring of human society.
Author: H. G. Wells
Format: Hardback
Genre: Science fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A visionary work of early science fiction, The World Set Free chronicles humanity's turbulent journey from the discovery of atomic energy to the devastation of global nuclear warfare and, ultimately, the birth of a utopian world government. Written in 1914, H. G. Wells presents a startlingly prophetic narrative that anticipates the atomic bomb by three decades, imagining cities obliterated by chain-reaction atomic bombs dropped from aircraft in a catastrophic world war. The novel argues with urgent moral force that mankind's technological progress must be matched by an equal advancement in political and social wisdom, or civilization itself will be consumed by its own power. Wells adopts the sweeping, authoritative tone of a historian writing from the future, lending the story a sense of grand inevitability that is both sobering and inspiring. A landmark of speculative fiction, it remains a profound meditation on science, warfare, and the radical restructuring of human society.