The Shape of Things to Come
by H. G. Wells
When Dr. Philip Raven, an intellectual working for the League of Nations, died in 1930, he left behind a powerful legacy — an unpublished "dream book." Inspired by the visions he has lived through over the years, it seems like a book written at a time far removed from the future: the history of humanity from the date of his death to 2105. "The Shape of Things to Come" presents this "story of the future," a narrative that is in some ways highly predictable — predicting climate catastrophe and large-scale cultural change, including World War II, increased chemical warfare, and political instability in the Middle East.
