Things to come : a critical text of the 1935 London first edition, with an introduction and appendices / H.G. Wells ; edited by Leon Stover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Contributor:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Stover, Leon E.

Series:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Annotated H.G. Wells ; 9.

The annotated H.G. Wells ; 9

Language:

English

Genre:

Utopian fiction.

Science fiction.

Physical Description:

x, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers, [2007]

Summary:

"Things to Come is the 1936 release of London Films, produced from the 1935 "film story" by H.G. Wells, the text of the present work. It reflects on a long literary career often given to the fate of man and the prospect of a unified world state, a utopian future realized in the film by A.D. 2036"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 The Title 1

2 The Text 1

3 The Story 4

4 Future Perfect 5

5 Left and Right 7

6 Days to Come 9

Things to Come (1935) 11

(Annotated text of the London first edition) 14

I The Things to Come Press Book / Leon Stover 205

II "The Silliest Film: Will Machinery Make Robots of Men?" (1927) / H.G. Wells 207

III "The Land Ironclads" (1903) / H.G. Wells 215

IV "The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper" (1932) / H.G. Wells 237

Bibliography: Stover on Wells 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 257) and index.

Related Work:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Shape of things to come.

ISBN:

9780786430383

0786430389

OCLC:

78893548