{"product_id":"the-world-set-free","title":"The World Set Free","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Fabian Reimann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerman artist and visual essayist Fabian Reimann (born 1975) has taken on Stewart Brand and the \u003cem\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/em\u003e in extended research projects that blend history and science, fact and fiction—resulting in such books as 2012’s \u003cem\u003eAnother Earth Catalog\u003c\/em\u003e and 2017’s \u003cem\u003eSpace Colonies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith this publication, Reimann turns his attention to concepts of the world put forward by the ever-popular British science fiction writer H.G. Wells (1866–1946).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWells’ novel \u003cem\u003eThe World Set Free\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published in 1914, uncannily anticipated various future scenarios: World War I, aerial warfare over Europe, atomic bombs in 1956, the reconstruction of Europe and the emergence of a world government.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also includes social developments: descriptions of progressive gender equality, English as the international second language and the redundancy of money in the traditional sense. Many of Wells’ ideas have manifested in one form or another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReimann admires Wells’ speculative powers, but \u003cem\u003eThe World Set Free\u003c\/em\u003e is not an unconditional veneration of Wells as a visionary. Instead it is a kind of collaboration between the two—a presentation of Wells’ multifaceted original text accompanied by an engaging visual essay by Reimann in response.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eForeword by Mark von Schlegell. With text by H.G. Wells\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDesigned by Fabian Reimann\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by Spector Books, 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoftcover, 592 pages, 800 b\u0026amp;w images, 6 × 7.75 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 978-3-95-905245-0 \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48265351790763,"sku":"bps1792047894848","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0774\/6630\/4683\/files\/the-world-set-free_1.jpg?v=1792047900","url":"https:\/\/hempdurablewear.shop\/products\/the-world-set-free","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}