The Shape of Things to Come
17 hrs. 38 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Herbert Wells
Author
Herbert Wells
Narrator
Maxim Suslov
Narrator
Maxim Suslov
Description
Herbert Wells (1866–1946) was a famous English writer and publicist, author of novels that have entered the golden fund of world science fiction. He is also widely known for his historical and journalistic works, which, despite being written several decades ago, remain interesting and in many ways still relevant.
The science-fiction novel “The Shape of Things to Come” (1933) is constructed like a history textbook. It was delivered to our contemporary in a dream and tells what might happen to the world if certain events had not taken place. In the author’s imagination, the point of reality’s bifurcation is the coincidence of two circumstances: Roosevelt cannot pull the United States out of the Great Depression, and Hitler suffers a political fiasco in Germany. From there, events change the course of history one after another. Then, inevitably, war still catches up with the world, followed by catastrophes in which humanity barely manages to survive. The government of civilization—and the attempt to steer it away from the fatal spiral—takes over the Air Dictatorship, established by former air-traffic controllers and military pilots.
This is a very unusual novel both in content and in style, echoing in some ways the famous dystopias of Aldous Huxley and Yevgeny Zamyatin. We invite you to get acquainted with this book in audio format.
The science-fiction novel “The Shape of Things to Come” (1933) is constructed like a history textbook. It was delivered to our contemporary in a dream and tells what might happen to the world if certain events had not taken place. In the author’s imagination, the point of reality’s bifurcation is the coincidence of two circumstances: Roosevelt cannot pull the United States out of the Great Depression, and Hitler suffers a political fiasco in Germany. From there, events change the course of history one after another. Then, inevitably, war still catches up with the world, followed by catastrophes in which humanity barely manages to survive. The government of civilization—and the attempt to steer it away from the fatal spiral—takes over the Air Dictatorship, established by former air-traffic controllers and military pilots.
This is a very unusual novel both in content and in style, echoing in some ways the famous dystopias of Aldous Huxley and Yevgeny Zamyatin. We invite you to get acquainted with this book in audio format.
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