The world set free / H.G. Wells ; introduction by Sarah Cole ; afterword by Joshua Glenn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Cole, Sarah, other.

Glenn, Joshua, 1967- other.

Series:

MIT Press / Radium Age

The radium age series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imaginary wars and battles--Fiction.

Imaginary wars and battles.

Nuclear warfare--Fiction.

Nuclear warfare.

Genre:

Science fiction.

Dystopias.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Building on the recent discovery that "the atom, that once we thought hard and impenetrable, and indivisible and final and - lifeless - lifeless, is really a reservoir of immense energy," Wells conjures a 1950s England in which clean, efficient atomic engines have transformed life for the better. Alas, a world war breaks out, in which atomic bombs wipe out the world's great cities. Worldwide civilization is on the brink of collapse, when a conference of enlightened monarchs, presidents, powerful journalists, and scientists gathers in order to establish a peaceful one-world order. When one Kissinger-like figure begins to strategize about maintaining national autonomy and monarchical authority within this utopian world government, another character shuts him up with one word: "BANG!""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Series Foreword

Introduction: A Crash Louder Than Thunder

Preface

Prelude: The Sun Snares

1 The New Source of Energy

2 The Last War

3 The Ending of War

4 The New Phase

5 The Last Days of Marcus Karenin

Afterword: Shall We Play a Game?.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-36867-6

0-262-36866-8

OCLC:

1288009545