The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution

Rpt. Ed. John Hammond. London: J.M. Dent, 1993. Chronology by John Lawton (xi-xxix) "Introduction" by Hammond (xxxi-xxxix), "Notes" (419-23), "H.G. Wells and His Critics" (425-28), "Further Reading" (429-30), and "Text Summary" (431-33); and London: Gollancz, 2011. U.S. ed. New York: Macmillan, 1933. Rpt. without the subtitle New York: Macmillan, 1945. A film was produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies as Things to Come (1936) with the screenplay by Wells; see Things to Come: A Film Story Based on the Material Contained in His History of the Future "The Shape of Things to Come". London: The Cresset Press, 1935. Serialized as "Things to Come." Evening Standard (November 18 - 30, 1935): 22-23; 22-23; 22-23; 26-27; 22-23; 17-18; 23-24; 22-23; 22-23; 19, 22; 22-23; 17-18. Illus. with drawings and stills from the film. A short version was published as "Things To Come: The Story of the Film." The New Nash's Pall Mall Magazine 96.509 (October 1935): 107-14, 116-18, 120-28. Book rpt. Things to Come. Boston, MA: Gregg Press, 1975 with an "Introduction" by Allan Asherman (vii-xiv), cast and credits (xv-xvi), stills (xvii-xxxii), and an "Introduction" by George Zebrowski (xxxiii-xxxix). For related material, see Leon Stover, The Prophetic Soul: A Reading of H.G. Wells's "Things to Come" Together with His Film Treatment, "Whither Mankind?" and the Postproduction Script (Both Never Before Published). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1987. See also Things to Come. A Critical Text of the 1935 London First Edition with an Introduction and Appendices. Ed. Leon Stover. The Annotated H.G. Wells. Volume 9. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2007.

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