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HG Wells: A Dream of Armageddon: Episode 1: Stranger

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A stranger on a train reveals his secret. 1901 anti-war story with a disturbing vision.

A stranger on a train reveals his secret. Robert Bathurst reads the 1901 anti-war story with a disturbing vision of the future.

A stranger on a train reveals his secret. When he dreams, he enters a future reality of an advanced civilization descending into senseless war. Read in two-parts by Robert Bathurst. 

Written in 1901, this is a disturbing vision of the future - as Wells comes uncannily close to predicting the horrors of the Second World War.

English author and political philosopher, HG Wells is recognised as one of sci-fi's founding-fathers. Within his own lifetime, he became a literary celebrity, earning praise from contemporaries such as Henry James and Joseph Conrad. His influence was wide reaching; George Orwell in particular - "The minds of all of us, and therefore the physical world, would be perceptibly different if Wells never existed." In recent years his work has enjoyed a renaissance, including Steven Spielberg's 2005 film of War Of The Worlds. 

Wells died on August 13th, 1946, aged 79.

Producer: Gemma Jenkins 

Made for BBC Radio 7 and first broadcast in 2006.

HG Wells: A Dream of Armageddon

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Story by HG Wells which describes a disturbing vision of the future

Story by HG Wells which describes a disturbing vision of the future and carries a powerful anti-war message

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