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 First US edition | |
| Author | H. G. Wells |
|---|---|
| Original title | The World Set Free: A Story of Mankind |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1914 |
| Publisher | Macmillan & Co. (UK) E. P. Dutton (US) |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 286 |
| Text | The World Set Free at Wikisource |
The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells.[1] The book is based on a prediction of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort of weapon than the world has yet seen.[2][3][4] It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy, consisting of three books: A Trap to Catch the Sun, The Last War in the World and The World Set Free.[5]
- ^ David C. Smith, H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986), p. 83-85. According to Smith, Wells wrote The World Set Free at the château of his mistress, Elizabeth von Arnim, dubbed "Soleil" ('Sun'), in Randogne, Switzerland.
- ^ Dyson, George (2002). Project Orion. Macmillan. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8050-5985-4.
- ^ Flynn, John L. (2005). War of the Worlds. Galactic Books. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-9769400-0-5.
- ^ Parrinder, Parrinder (1997). H.G. Wells. Routledge. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-415-15910-4.
- ^ A Prophetic Trilogy was serialized in Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (January 1914 – March 1914).
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