The Shape of Things to Come

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novel science fiction novel

The Shape of Things to Come is a 1933 science fiction novel by H. G. Wells that presents a speculative future history of the world, exploring global war, social collapse, and the eventual rise of a rational, technocratic world state.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptation The Shape of Things to Come self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Things to Come
adaptationType film ⓘ
author Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form: H. G. Wells
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form: H. G. Wells
depictsEvent breakdown of nation-states ⓘ
devastating world war ⓘ
establishment of a world state ⓘ
rise of airmen as a ruling elite ⓘ
rule of warlords and dictators ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector William Cameron Menzies ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1936 ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form: H. G. Wells
filmAdaptationTitle Things to Come ⓘ
genre science fiction ⓘ
speculative fiction ⓘ
hasSubject future of civilization ⓘ
international politics ⓘ
social engineering ⓘ
war and peace ⓘ
influencedWork The Shape of Things to Come self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Things to Come
inUniverseAuthor Dr. Philip Raven ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm future history ⓘ
mainTheme global war ⓘ
planned society ⓘ
rise of a technocratic world state ⓘ
social collapse ⓘ
technocracy ⓘ
world government ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeDevice fictional historical account ⓘ
notableFor detailed speculative chronology of future events ⓘ
prediction of large-scale aerial warfare ⓘ
vision of a rationally planned world state ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf H. G. Wells bibliography ⓘ
philosophicalPerspective progressivist ⓘ
technocratic ⓘ
utopian ⓘ
publicationDate 1933 ⓘ
publisher Hutchinson ⓘ
setting future Earth ⓘ
structure chronological future history ⓘ
timePeriodCoveredInFiction from 20th century to distant future ⓘ

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