tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post6709746823110138758..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: The Shape of Things to ComePropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-87707138130710185162016-06-01T00:31:40.265-07:002016-06-01T00:31:40.265-07:00I'd never heard of this stuff before but after...I'd never heard of this stuff before but after some research I can probably see why. Local supplier is charging $450 for a 1 x 1.5m sheet. Waaaay out of my budget.Edward Pearsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16064707444626044745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-31729089408543309162016-05-14T07:36:53.632-07:002016-05-14T07:36:53.632-07:00It’s pretty amazing what can be made with these ne...It’s pretty amazing what can be made with these new materials. I’m glad somebody pointed out the title, as I slid right over it to get to the article.<br /><br />Readers can download a free digital copy of Wells’s classic Progressive magnum opus, The Shape of Things To Come (1933) from Project Gutenberg Australia. http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301391h.html<br /><br />The 1936 film version is on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqH1jyiHCyo <br /><br />This book may be the seed that started Philip K. Dick on the road to writing The Man in the High Castle (1963) another frame story, at least up to the date of 1940 where The Man in the High Castle and The Shape of Things To Come diverge greatly. Mind you, The Grasshopper Lies Heavy is not our future either in this morass of omniverses, but it’s all the more interesting.<br /><br />For further reading on the subject of past futurists you can also try another period book on the subject, W. Olaf Stapleton’s Last and First Men (1930), which contrasts interestingly with The Shape of Things to Come. BTW, HPL liked Last and First Men although it appears late in his career to be of great influence. https://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/564325?doc=2964 <br />CoastConFanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07250561260148656254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-47236489409411272342016-05-13T04:56:08.773-07:002016-05-13T04:56:08.773-07:00Plus one geek cred for the obscure H. G. Wells ref...Plus one geek cred for the obscure H. G. Wells reference :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com