The World Set Free
Posted by admin | Posted in Philosophy | Posted on 28-08-2010
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Product Description
In this thought-provoking masterpiece, H.G. Wells predicts the inventions that will inadvertently lead to mass destruction, forcing the world to “start over.” You will see many similarities between H.G. Wells’ new world and today’s world due to the recent technological revolution. This stimulating novel will leave you wondering if and when the remaining predictions will come to pass!
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Even good writers produce a turkey or two. This is definitely Well’s gobbler. I thought he was going in the right direction when he did some character development in a couple of places; it started to get interesting, but then he lapsed back into post-atomic war preaching mode. His model for world government by a single body is pretty lame, but he came close to describing what an atomic bombing and the aftermath would be like. His description of unlimited energy from fission was completely off the mark, however. Altogether, it got pretty darn tedious after awhile.
Rating: 1 / 5
When I opened the pages of this book, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I was shocked to see that the font used was about the worst I had ever seen. You would be hard pressed to find anything smaller. I’m surprised that the previous reviewer didn’t mention it. I would have to disagree with him. This book is certainly not “easy to read” due to the very reason mentioned above.
Just as an experiment, I compared the font in this book to an 8 and 9 point font that I printed out on my computer. The font they’ve used seems to be Times Roman. What I found is that the size is a little larger than an 8 point, but smaller than a 9 point. That puts the size somewhere around an 8.5 point Times Roman. If such a small size doesn’t bother you, then by all means, dive in. I certainly didn’t keep this book myself. This is my way of protesting the way font size has been shrinking over the years, simply for the sake of saving money on the production of the book.
What’s the fix for this Mr. And Mrs. Publisher? Simply charge the reader a few dollars more for the book. People that want to read a particular book won’t mind the extra cost for an increased page count, due to a larger font; but no–instead you violate and denigrate that very act of reading itself, by asking the reader to burden himself with the task of reading such a tiny font. Well, you won’t get my vote nor my money. I’ll purchase the book elsewhere from a publisher that cares about the reading experience enough to use at the very least a 10 point, but ideally 12 point font!
Rating: 1 / 5
I love this book, it is easy to read in the typical Wells style with some humor and irony to the whole subject. Very intersting and exciting book!
Rating: 5 / 5
Book arrived in perfect condition (of course) and it got to me in record speed due to technology. I’d buy like this again.
Rating: 5 / 5
Certainly Wells viewed war as the inevitable result of the Modern State; the introduction of atomic energy in a world divided resulted in the collapse of society. The only possibilities remaining were “either the relapse of mankind to agricultural barbarism from which it had emerged so painfully or the acceptance of achieved science as the basis of a new social order.” Wells’s theme of world government is presented as a solution to the threat of nuclear weapons.
It is possible that several years of nuclear terrorism could frighten world leaders so much that they are willing to consider a one-world government, seeking “peace and safety”, for example.
Rating: 5 / 5