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H.G. Wells’ Things to Come – the 1936 Film

By John Folk-Williams

H. G. Wells Things to Come

H. G. Wells wrote the screen adaptation of his future history, The Shape of Things to Come, to give a dramatic setting to his sweeping vision of a world first devastated by war then resurrected by a corps of brilliant engineers. The result was Things to Come, a 1936 film produced by Alexander Korda and […]

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The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells

By John Folk-Williams

The Shape of Things to Come by H.G. Wells

On with Vintage Science Fiction Month! H.G. Wells’ The Shape of Things to Come (1933) purports to be the “dreamed” history of the next hundred and fifty years of human experience. Be warned: it’s serious future fictional history without a character or action-driven plot, though there are a few strong personalities who take the spotlight […]

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