The last books of H. G. Wells : the happy turning & mind at the end of its tether / new forewords by Rudy Rucker & Colin Wilson ; book and cover design by Georgia Dent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Rucker, Rudy, author of introduction, etc.

Wilson, Colin, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Dent, Georgia, book designer, cover designer.

Series:

Provenance Editions ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Modern.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (79 p.)

Place of Publication:

Rhinebeck, New York : Monkfish Book Publishing Company, 2006.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

<div>These lost works of Wells, written near his death, deal with the apocalypse and the afterlife.</div>

Contents:

Introduction to The Happy Turning by H.G. Wells - Colin Wilson (June 06); The Happy Turning; I: How I Came to the Happy Turning; II: Supressions and Symbolism in Dreamland; III: Compensation Beyond the Happy Turning; IV: The Holy Carnival; V: Jesus of Nazareth Discusses His Failure; VI: The Architect Plans the World; VII: Miracles, Devils and the Gadarene Swine; VIII: A Hymn of Hate Against Sycamores; IX: The Divine Timelessness of Beautiful Things; Mind at the End of its Tether; Foreword; Preface; I: The End Closes in Upon Mind; II: Mind is Retrospective to the End

III: There is No ""Pattern of Things to Come""IV: Recent Realisations of the Nature of Life; V: Race Suicide by Gigantism; VI: Precocious Maturity, a Method of Survival; VII: The Antagonism of Age and Youth; VII: New Light on the Record of the Rocks; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-939681-07-3

OCLC:

852756556