"The Shape of Things to Come" - Novel by H.G. Wells

"The Shape of Things to Come" was written by H. G. Wells in 1932. It is an engrossing film which starts off slowly, then progresses rapidly to its finish. The story begins on a bleakly snowy evening on a crowded early nineteenth century British thoroughfare. The newspaper headlines reflect that it is near Christmas, but it also shows reports of a growing world-wide conflict (war). As time wears on, the inevitable happens and the story takes on an ominous nature complete with a post apocalyptic world filled with extreme poverty, vampirish/zombie-like disease, and eventual human evolution into a superior state. The book is a challenge as it is slow in some parts, but it is well worth the read for dystopian science fiction fans.