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The War in the Air

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(4,202 Sterne; 52 Bewertungen)

War in the Air was written during a prolific time in H. G. Wells's writing career. Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time on his own ideas, he published twelve books between 1901 and 1911, including this one. while many British citizens were surprised by the advent of World War I, Wells had already written prophetically about such a conflict. War in the Air predicted use of airplanes in modern war. (Summary by Bill Boerst) (10 hr 52 min)

Chapters

01 -- Ch 1, Parts 1-3

24:52

Read by Frank Booker

02 -- Ch 1, Parts 4-6

25:55

Read by Frank Booker

03 -- Ch 2, Parts 1 & 2

31:44

Read by Frank Booker

04 -- Ch 2, Parts 3-5

24:14

Read by Delmar H Dolbier

05 -- Ch 3, Parts 1-3

22:51

Read by Delmar H Dolbier

06 -- Ch 3, Parts 4 & 5

26:29

Read by Delmar H Dolbier

07 -- Ch 4, Parts 1 & 2

29:45

Read by William Tomcho

08 -- Ch 4, Parts 3-5

22:33

Read by William Tomcho

09 -- Ch 4, Parts 6-9

30:54

Read by William Tomcho

10 -- Ch 5, Parts 1-3

18:13

Read by Theresa Sheridan

11 -- Ch 5, Part 4

25:07

Read by Theresa Sheridan

12 -- Ch 5, Parts 5 & 6

14:48

Read by William Tomcho

13 -- Ch 6, Parts 1-3

22:47

Read by William Tomcho

14 -- Ch 6, Parts 4-6

32:05

Read by William Tomcho

15 -- Ch 7, Parts 1-3

19:25

Read by Fred DeBerardinis

16 -- Ch 7, Parts 4-6

19:26

Read by Fred DeBerardinis

17 -- Ch 7, Part 7

10:49

Read by Heather Hamtil

18 -- Ch 8, Parts 1 & 2

24:03

Read by William Tomcho

19 -- Ch 8, Parts 3-5

31:49

Read by William Tomcho

20 -- Ch 9, Parts 1-3

22:09

Read by William Tomcho

21 -- Ch 9, Parts 4-7

26:13

Read by William Tomcho

22 -- Ch 9, Parts 8-10

25:01

Read by William Tomcho

23 -- Ch 10, Parts 1 & 2

23:44

Read by William Tomcho

24 -- Ch 10, Parts 3-5

22:36

Read by William Tomcho

25 -- Ch 11, Parts 1-3

19:44

Read by Corinna Schultz

26 -- Ch 11, Parts 4 & 5

20:23

Read by Corinna Schultz

27 -- Epilogue

34:22

Read by Frank Booker

Bewertungen

A great post-apocalyptic novel.

(5 Sterne)

People talk about how accurately HG Wells predicted future combat, but other writers of the period had similar ideas. The unsung gem in this book is the way Wells describes how society collapses. He maps in detail a world where war sparks an economic disaster that turns out to be the main catastrophe.

(4 Sterne)

Enjoyable story interesting idea of airships and airplanes considering HG Wells wrote it in 1907 just four years after Wright Brothers first powered flight in 1903 and seven years before WWI 1914 the first war with major aviation air battles. A number of plot conveniences, make the story little weak at times. The world economic collapse after the war was an interesting part of the book. Not as good The Time Machine or War of the Worlds, but still worth the effort.

one of the first science fiction books

(5 Sterne)

An amazing and human look into what for us was an alternate past but to the author was a terrifying future.