The World Set Free (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

ebook A Story of Mankind · Barnes & Noble Digital Library

By H. G. Wells

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The World Set Free is a perfect example of H. G. Wells's gift for prophecy. Written on the eve of World War I, the novel predicts a major world war (although in the story the war doesn't start until 1956). The novel also examines the advent of atomic power, both as a bomb and a source of energy.

The World Set Free (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)