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Things to Come

H. G. Wells

First published 1935
Publisher Cresset Press
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Pages 142
Price 3/6


Screenplay for the film version of 1933 novel The Shape of Things to Come. DO NOT MERGE WITH THAT TITLE OR MAKE A VARIANT TITLE.

According to the Wikipedia film article (above), Things to Come is "a 1936 British black-and-white science fiction film". 'The dialogue and plot were devised by H. G. Wells as "a new story" meant to display the "social and political forces and possibilities" that he had outlined' in the work that 'he considered less a novel than a "discussion" in fictional form'. As another "influence" Wikipedia cites his 1899 novella A Story of the Days to Come, five linked stories set in the 2090s.


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Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Things to Come Cover 1935 The Macmillan Company Hardcover Novel xv+155
Things to Come 1975 Gregg Press Hardcover Novel xxxix+142
Things to Come: A Critical Text of the 1935 London First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices Cover 2007 McFarland & Company Hardcover Novel x+261
Things to Come: A Critical Text of the 1935 London First Edition, with an Introduction and Appendices Cover 2012 McFarland & Company Trade Paperback Novel x+261