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In the days of the comet

H. G. Wells · 1906 · Novel

Setting: contemporary (early 1900s)

Synopsis

H. G. Wells, in his 1906 In the Days of the Comet uses the vapors of a comet to trigger a deep and lasting change in humanity's perspective on themselves and the world. In the build-up to a great war, poor student William Leadford struggles against the harsh conditions the lower-class live under.

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Source: OpenLibrary

Tags: Classic LiteratureCollisions with EarthCometsFictionFiction in EnglishScience fictionUtopiasFiction, science fiction, generalFiction, politicalBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)

isfdb_id: 8974

openlibrary_id: OL52252W

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