The World Set Free by H. G. Wells
"The World Set Free" by H. G. Wells is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914. Wells envisions a devastating future war in 1956 where both sides wield atomic bombs—crude but continuously burning weapons that leave battlefields radioactive for years. As civilization collapses under nuclear destruction, humanity faces a choice: descend into barbarism or unite under a world government. The novel explores how uncontrolled atomic energy forces mankind to abandon
the nation-state system and embrace global cooperation to survive. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 |
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| Title | The World Set Free |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Set_Free |
| Credits | Charles Keller and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | War stories |
| Subject | Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction |
| Subject | Nuclear warfare -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1059 |
| Release Date | Feb 11, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Nov 24, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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