The Shape of Things to Come

The Shape of Things to Come
Autor(i)H. G. Wells
Naslov prijevodaObrisi budućnosti
Jezikengleski jezik
Žanr(ovi)science fiction roman
(buduća historija u obliku eseja)
Datum izdanjaseptembar 1933.
Vrsta medijaštampa

The Shape of Things to Come (sh. Oblik stvari koje će doći), ponekad prevođen i kao Obrisi budućnosti, je science fiction roman britanskog pisca H. G. Wellsa originalno objavljen 1933. godine. Po svom stilu je daleko bliži eseju, odnosno u njemu je Wells kroz fiktivne zabilješke diplomata iz 2104. godine pokušao opisati buduću historiju svijeta od 1940. do 2036. godine, odnosno pokušati dati vlastito mišljenje o najvećim problemima s kojima će se u tom periodu suočiti čovječanstvo i načinima na koje se ona moraju riješiti. Wells je u svom tekstu opisao izbijanje novog svjetskog rata koji će trajati decenijama, završiti bez pobjednika te toliko iscrpiti i opustošiti svijet da u njemu počinje novo mračno doba; uništenu civilizaciju, na kraju, obnavlja benevolentna "Diktatura zraka", odnosno grupa tehnokratskih naučnika koji, koristeći jedine preostale avione, postepeno nameće svjetsku vladu, iskorjenjuje organizirana religiju i sve nacije utapa u zajednicu kojom će vladati utopijski mir. Iako manje poznat od ranijih Wellsovih radova, smatra se kako je Things to Come imao izuzetan uticaj na brojne SF-pisce, odnosno neke od klasičnih djela žanra, kao što je Fondacija (Zadužbina) Isaaca Asimova.

The Shape of Things to Come je samo tri godine kasnije poslužio kao predložak za film Things to Come Williama Camerona Menziesa, koji se smatra jednim od prvih SF-epova, odnosno klasičnim ostvarenjem SF-filma. Godine 1979. je roman ponovno ekraniziran u Kanadi pod naslovom H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come.

Wellsovom tekstu je počast odana u naslovima brojnih pjesama, kao i epizode The Shape of Things to Come TV-serije Lost.

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H. G. Wells
Bibliografija
Romani
  • The Time Machine (1895)
  • The Wonderful Visit (1895)
  • The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)
  • The Wheels of Chance (1896)
  • The Invisible Man (1897)
  • The War of the Worlds (1898)
  • When the Sleeper Wakes (1899)
  • Love and Mr Lewisham (1900)
  • The First Men in the Moon (1901)
  • The Sea Lady (1902)
  • The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)
  • Kipps (1905)
  • A Modern Utopia (1905)
  • In the Days of the Comet (1906)
  • The War in the Air (1908)
  • Tono-Bungay (1909)
  • Ann Veronica (1909)
  • The History of Mr Polly (1910)
  • The Sleeper Awakes (1910)
  • The New Machiavelli (1911)
  • Marriage (1912)
  • The Passionate Friends (1913)
  • The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)
  • The World Set Free (1914)
  • Bealby: A Holiday (1915)
  • Boon (1915)
  • The Research Magnificent (1915)
  • Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916)
  • The Soul of a Bishop (1917)
  • Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education (1918)
  • The Undying Fire (1919)
  • The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)
  • Men Like Gods (1923)
  • The Dream (1924)
  • Christina Alberta's Father (1925)
  • The World of William Clissold (1926)
  • Meanwhile (1927)
  • Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)
  • The Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930)
  • The Bulpington of Blup (1932)
  • The Shape of Things to Come (1933)
  • The Croquet Player (1936)
  • Brynhild (1937)
  • Star Begotten (1937)
  • The Camford Visitation (1937)
  • Apropos of Dolores (1938)
  • The Brothers (1938)
  • The Holy Terror (1939)
  • Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940)
  • All Aboard for Ararat (1940)
  • You Can't Be Too Careful (1941)
Publicistika
  • Anticipations
  • Certain Personal Matters
  • Crux Ansata
  • The Discovery of the Future
  • An Englishman Looks at the World
  • Experiment in Autobiography
  • The Fate of Man
  • First and Last Things
  • Floor Games
  • The Future in America: A Search After Realities
  • God the Invisible King
  • In the Fourth Year
  • Little Wars
  • Mankind in the Making
  • Mind at the End of Its Tether
  • Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History"
  • The New America: The New World
  • The New World Order
  • New Worlds for Old
  • The Open Conspiracy
  • The Outline of History
  • Russia in the Shadows
  • The Science of Life
  • A Short History of the World
  • The Story of a Great Schoolmaster
  • This Misery of Boots
  • Travels of a Republican Radical in Search of Hot Water
  • War and the Future
  • The Way the World is Going
  • The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind
  • World Brain
  • A Year of Prophesying
Zbirke
  • The Country of the Blind and Other Stories
  • The Plattner Story and Others
  • Select Conversations with an Uncle
  • The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
  • Tales of Space and Time
  • Twelve Stories and a Dream
Kratke priče
  • "Æpyornis Island"
  • "The Argonauts of the Air"
  • "The Beautiful Suit"
  • "The Chronic Argonauts"
  • "The Cone"
  • "The Country of the Blind"
  • "The Crystal Egg"
  • "A Deal in Ostriches"
  • "The Diamond Maker"
  • "A Dream of Armageddon"
  • "The Empire of the Ants"
  • "In the Abyss"
  • "The Land Ironclads"
  • "Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation"
  • "The Lord of the Dynamos"
  • "The Man Who Could Work Miracles"
  • "The New Accelerator"
  • "The Pearl of Love"
  • "The Plattner Story"
  • "The Queer Story of Brownlow's Newspaper"
  • "The Red Room"
  • "The Sea Raiders"
  • "The Star"
  • "The Stolen Body"
  • "A Story of the Days to Come"
  • "A Story of the Stone Age"
  • "Triumphs of a Taxidermist"
  • "The Truth About Pyecraft"
  • "A Vision of Judgment"
Scenariji
Povezano
  • Politički stavovi
  • G. P. Wells (sin)
  • Anthony West (sin)
  • Joseph Wells (otac)
  • Simon Wells (prapraunuk)
  • Društvo H. G. Wellsa
  • Lunarni krater
  • Time After Time (film, 1979)