The King Who Was a King E-Book

Herbert George Wells

• Herausgeber: Ktoczyta.pl
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Herbert George Wells is a huge name in the world of literature. He is known as the king of Science Fiction stories. He was an accomplished teacher, a best-selling novelist, a historian and a journalist, however, he established his name in the world through his passion for writing and will be remembered forever as „Father of Science Fiction”. „The King Who Was a King – The Book of a Film” is a fascinating treatise on the development of film written by H. G. Wells and first published in 1929. Writing at the when cinema was beginning to explode, Wells explores the emerging industry’s history, future, and the elements of contemporary film. H. G. Wells’s conception of a great film, as much a novel as it is a film scenario. Poses the issue „Is one man justified in shedding the blood of another, in order to avert the greater catastrophe of war?

Leseprobe

Contents

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FILM

II. (THE FIRST PART OF THE FILM) THE KING WHO WAS A KING

III. (PART TWO OF THE FILM) THE PAWN IS PROMOTED

IV. (PART THREE OF THE FILM) THE KING WHO WANTED TO KNOW

V. (PART FOUR OF THE FILM) A VISION OF MODERN WAR

VI. (PART FIVE OF THE FILM) PAUL THE PEACEMAKER

VII. (PART SIX OF THE FILM) WORLD CONTROL OF CALCOMITE

CONCLUDING CHAPTER DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF PRODUCTION