{"product_id":"fabian-reimann-the-world-set-free-9783959052450","title":"Fabian Reimann: The World Set Free","description":"\u003cp\u003eGerman artist and visual essayist Fabian Reimann (born 1975) has taken on Stewart Brand and the \u003ci\u003eWhole Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e in extended research projects that blend history and science, fact and fiction--resulting in such books as 2012's \u003ci\u003eAnother Earth Catalog\u003c\/i\u003e and 2017's \u003ci\u003eSpace Colonies\u003c\/i\u003e. With 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\u003eWells' novel \u003ci\u003eThe World Set Free\u003c\/i\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. The 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. Reimann admires Wells' speculative powers, but \u003ci\u003eThe World Set Free\u003c\/i\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Spector Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783959052450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.90w x 1.50d","brand":"Fabian Reimann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36675444801692,"sku":"9783959052450","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e242d39d-d437-4a66-a439-78c0bdbc99a0.jpg?v=1603934207","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fabian-reimann-the-world-set-free-9783959052450","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}