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The Man of the Year Million: A Scientific Forecast

H. G. Wells

First published 1979
Type Essay


First published in Pall Mall Gazette 57.8931 (1893-11-06) p. 3; as "The Man of the Year Million: A Scientific Forecast", uncredited. --OpenPublishing.PSU.edu (above, which names some later UK publications)

The satirical essay was soon reprinted under various titles. One newspaper reprint with image freely available online is under the same title and uncredited, Tuapeka Times 1894-02-28 p. 5 (linked above, PapersPast.natlib.govt.NZ).

One early US reprint was "Long Look Forward: Man of the Remote Future as a Philosopher Sees Him", Chicago Tribune 1893-12-03 p. 43.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1979 Cover Das Kristallei Reclam Leipzig Collection 295
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2009 Cover The Time Machine: An Invention: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism W. W. Norton & Company Collection 138