| | Wells' 1919 nonfiction book, ''The Outline of History,'' was an influential best-seller. | | Wells' 1919 nonfiction book, ''The Outline of History,'' was an influential best-seller. |
| − | In 1936, Alexander Korda produced the movie ''Things to Come,'' based on a screenplay and concepts by H. G. Wells. Wells was involved in the project to an unprecedented extent and given a large measure of control. The title screen, in fact, bills the movie as "H. G. Wells' THINGS TO COME," with "Produced by Alexander Korda" appearing in smaller type. The complex story line culminates with the establishment of a [[Technocracy|technocracy]], with a brave young couple being launched on a journey to the Moon in a Jules-Verne-like "space gun," while an angry crowd, determined to "stop this Progress" converges on the device and tries to destroy it. | + | In 1936, Alexander Korda produced the movie ''Things to Come,'' based on a screenplay and concepts by H. G. Wells. Wells was involved in the project to an unprecedented extent and given a large measure of control. The title screen, in fact, bills the movie as "H. G. Wells' THINGS TO COME," with "Produced by Alexander Korda" appearing in smaller type. The complex story line culminates with the establishment of a [[technocracy]], with a brave young couple being launched on a journey to the Moon in a Jules-Verne-like "space gun," while an angry crowd, determined to "stop this Progress" converges on the device and tries to destroy it. |