The War in the Air


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(4.2 stars; 54 reviews)

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 Having withdrawn from British politics to spend more time on his own ideas, he published twelve books between 1901 and 1911, including this one.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)

Kapitel

01 -- Ch 1, Parts 1-3 24:52 Gelesen von Frank Booker
02 -- Ch 1, Parts 4-6 25:55 Gelesen von Frank Booker
03 -- Ch 2, Parts 1 & 2 31:44 Gelesen von Frank Booker
04 -- Ch 2, Parts 3-5 24:14 Gelesen von Delmar H Dolbier
05 -- Ch 3, Parts 1-3 22:51 Gelesen von Delmar H Dolbier
06 -- Ch 3, Parts 4 & 5 26:29 Gelesen von Delmar H Dolbier
07 -- Ch 4, Parts 1 & 2 29:45 Gelesen von William Tomcho
08 -- Ch 4, Parts 3-5 22:33 Gelesen von William Tomcho
09 -- Ch 4, Parts 6-9 30:54 Gelesen von William Tomcho
10 -- Ch 5, Parts 1-3 18:13 Gelesen von Theresa Sheridan
11 -- Ch 5, Part 4 25:07 Gelesen von Theresa Sheridan
12 -- Ch 5, Parts 5 & 6 14:48 Gelesen von William Tomcho
13 -- Ch 6, Parts 1-3 22:47 Gelesen von William Tomcho
14 -- Ch 6, Parts 4-6 32:05 Gelesen von William Tomcho
15 -- Ch 7, Parts 1-3 19:25 Gelesen von Fred DeBerardinis
16 -- Ch 7, Parts 4-6 19:26 Gelesen von Fred DeBerardinis
17 -- Ch 7, Part 7 10:49 Gelesen von Heather Hamtil
18 -- Ch 8, Parts 1 & 2 24:03 Gelesen von William Tomcho
19 -- Ch 8, Parts 3-5 31:49 Gelesen von William Tomcho
20 -- Ch 9, Parts 1-3 22:09 Gelesen von William Tomcho
21 -- Ch 9, Parts 4-7 26:13 Gelesen von William Tomcho
22 -- Ch 9, Parts 8-10 25:01 Gelesen von William Tomcho
23 -- Ch 10, Parts 1 & 2 23:44 Gelesen von William Tomcho
24 -- Ch 10, Parts 3-5 22:36 Gelesen von William Tomcho
25 -- Ch 11, Parts 1-3 19:44 Gelesen von Corinna Schultz
26 -- Ch 11, Parts 4 & 5 20:23 Gelesen von Corinna Schultz
27 -- Epilogue 34:22 Gelesen von Frank Booker

Bewertungen

A great post-apocalyptic novel.


(5 stars)

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 stars)

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 stars)

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