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The World Set Free — H. G. Wells

The World Set Free

H. G. Wells

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 166 pages

The World Set Free is a speculative novel by H. G. Wells, written in 1913 and published in 1914. It imagines a new source of atomic energy, a catastrophic future war, and the later attempt to create a lasting world order. It is worth listening to for its early vision of technology's power to destroy and to unite.

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Opening of the book

The World Set Free
by H.G. Wells
We Are All Things That Make And Pass,
Striving Upon A Hidden Mission,
Out To The Open Sea.
TO
Frederick Soddy’s
‘Interpretation Of Radium’
This Story,
Which Owes Long Passages
To The Eleventh Chapter Of That Book,
Acknowledges And Inscribes Itself
Contents
PREFACE
PRELUDE. THE SUN SNARERS
CHAPTER THE FIRST. THE NEW SOURCE OF ENERGY
CHAPTER THE SECOND. THE LAST WAR
CHAPTER THE THIRD. THE ENDING OF WAR
CHAPTER THE FOURTH. THE NEW PHASE

CHAPTER THE FIFTH. THE LAST DAYS OF MARCUS KARENIN

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Contents

  1. The World Set Free
  2. Contents
  3. PREFACE
  4. PRELUDE THE SUN SNARERS
  5. CHAPTER THE FIRST THE NEW SOURCE OF ENERGY
  6. CHAPTER THE SECOND THE LAST WAR
  7. CHAPTER THE THIRD THE ENDING OF WAR
  8. CHAPTER THE FOURTH THE NEW PHASE
  9. CHAPTER THE FIFTH THE LAST DAYS OF MARCUS KARENIN
  10. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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