The World set Free

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Call Number: Science Fiction / Wells, H. G.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Science Fiction / Wells, H. G.	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Building on the recent discovery that "the atom, that once we thought hard and impenetrable, and indivisible and final and - lifeless - lifeless, is really a reservoir of immense energy," Wells conjures a 1950s England in which clean, efficient atomic engines have transformed life for the better. Alas, a world war breaks out, in which atomic bombs wipe out the world's great cities. Worldwide civilization is on the brink of collapse, when a conference of enlightened monarchs, presidents, powerful journalists, and scientists gathers in order to establish a peaceful one-world order. When one Kissinger-like figure begins to strategize about maintaining national autonomy and monarchical authority within this utopian world government, another character shuts him up with one word: "BANG!""-- Provided by publisher.

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