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Sunday, February 12, 2006
H.G Wells - The World Set Free & The New Machiavelli

H. G. Wells is not usually given enough credit for this particular book (in my opinion, his best). The focus is usually upon one of his other works such as The Time Machine. The World set Free is truly staggering in its scope, scale, and vision of the future. It is interesting to note how much Wells got correct about the future, and to see how much he did not. The fact that this book was written before World War I indicates his genius at seeing what might be possible and how this might come about. I cannot recommend this book more highly than by saying, an excellent, fascinating, gripping page-turner. A quick point about the original year of publication - if my memory is correct, it was originally published in 1910, rather than 1914.

H.G Wells - The World Set Free

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A successful author and Liberal MP with a loving and benevolent wife, Richard Remington appears to be a man to envy. But underneath his superficial contentment, he is far from happy with either his marriage or the politics of his party. The New Machiavelli describes the disarray into which his life is thrown, when he meets the young and beautiful Isabel Rivers and becomes tormented by desire. At first, he struggles to resist and remain focused upon his familiar political, personal and social life. But as he soon learns, it is harder than he could have imagined to turn his back on love.

H.G Wells - The New Machiavelli

To download the Text files so you can keep them on your computer for later reading:
PC: 'Right Click' on the link and select 'Save Link / Target As. . .'
MAC: ALT-Click to launch the Download Manager

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