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Anticipations

H. G. Wells

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Wells considered this book one of his most important, a natural follow-up to such works as his Man of the Year Million and The Time Machine. His goal was to get people to think and act in new ways. The book starts with a look at how humans get along socially and how they carry out their business ventures. It then discusses how these elements influence others, such as politics, the world of work, and education. H. G. tried to make clear how the current social order was disintegrating without preparing another to take its place. He then traced the roots of democracy, which in its present state he saw as unworkable. Instead, he proposed a new republic. He also critiqued modern warfare.
ith all the wires of the countryside converging to its offices. All that is[Pg 63] pleasant and fair of our present countryside may conceivably still be there among the other things. There is no reason why the essential charm of the country should disappear; the new roads will not supersede the present high roads, which will still be necessary for horses and subsidiary traffic; and the lanes and hedges, the field paths and wild flowers, will still have their ample justification. A certain lack of solitude there may be perhaps, and—

Will conspicuous advertisements play any part in the landscape?...

But I find my pen is running ahead, an imagination prone to realistic constructions is struggling to paint a picture altogether prematurely. There is very much to be weighed and decided before we can get from our present generalization to the style of architecture these houses will show, and to the power and nature of the public taste. We have laid down now the broad lines of road, railway, and sea transit in the coming century, and we have got this general prophecy of "urban regions" established, and for the present that much must suffice.

And as for the world beyond our urban regions? The same line of reasoning that leads to the expectation that the city will diffuse itself until it has taken up considerable areas and many of the characteristics, the greenness, the fresh air, of what is now country, leads us to suppose also that the country will take to itself many of the qualities of the city. The old[Pg 64] antithesis will indeed cease, the boundary lines will altogether disappear; it will become, indeed, merely a question of more or less populous. There will be horticulture and agriculture going on within the "urban regions," and "urbanity" without them. Everywhere, indeed, over the l

Stephen 06/22/2021
A very interesting book by H.G.Wells.
He got quite a lot right,but also way off the mark regarding other things.
Certainly he predicted in a round about way the possible ending of traditional style shopping,ie the High Street, to be replaced by goods being delivered to your door the same or next day(s
Mohammed 10/27/2019
Even though Wells has other well known books, this book had good points, but not well written.
This book should not have been this long. The author was not successful with this book. In my opinion, this book is a waste of paper.

Here's why:
First, the text is extremely boring and repetitive and someti
Gerwin 11/09/2016
incredibly interesting book! quiet hard to read though (for someone from holland)
John 07/25/2009
I had a hard time sticking w/ this one, w/ its long dense paragraphs & ponderous arguments. Written in 1901, the book is a collection of prognostications for the 20th century by a great writer & teacher. Wells gets a lot of things right. He's expecting a single world-wide state, w/ one language, one

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