Anticipations of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: H. G. Wells ISBN: 9781455400324
Publisher: Seltzer Books Publication: February 23, 2017
Imprint: Language: English
Author: H. G. Wells
ISBN: 9781455400324
Publisher: Seltzer Books
Publication: February 23, 2017
Imprint:
Language: English

According to Wikipedia: "Wells's first non-fiction bestseller was Anticipations (1901).[15] When originally serialised in a magazine it was subtitled, "An Experiment in Prophecy", and is considered his most explicitly futuristic work. Anticipating what the world would be like in the year 2000, the book is interesting both for its hits (trains and cars resulting in the dispersion of population from cities to suburbs; moral restrictions declining as men and women seek greater sexual freedom; the defeat of German militarism, and the existence of a European Union) and its misses (he did not expect successful aircraft before 1950, and averred that "my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocate its crew and founder at sea").

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According to Wikipedia: "Wells's first non-fiction bestseller was Anticipations (1901).[15] When originally serialised in a magazine it was subtitled, "An Experiment in Prophecy", and is considered his most explicitly futuristic work. Anticipating what the world would be like in the year 2000, the book is interesting both for its hits (trains and cars resulting in the dispersion of population from cities to suburbs; moral restrictions declining as men and women seek greater sexual freedom; the defeat of German militarism, and the existence of a European Union) and its misses (he did not expect successful aircraft before 1950, and averred that "my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocate its crew and founder at sea").

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