Books like The discovery of the future by H. G. Wells

Aldous Huxley's 1932 masterpiece presents a dystopian future shaped by genetic engineering, conditioned society, and an oppressive, consumerist regime, raising urgent questions about ethics, control, and the loss of individuality.

A dystopian novel about a future society where books are outlawed and 'firemen' burn any found, challenging the role of censorship and preservation of knowledge.

William Golding’s 1954 classic follows a group of British boys stranded on an uninhabited island, whose attempts to self-govern unravel into a stark exploration of leadership, morality, and the human capacity for both cooperation and violence.

A collection of science fiction short stories about the colonization of Mars

H. G. Wells’ classic tales the narrator builds a machine, journeys 800,000 years ahead to a seemingly utopian future that hides a savage underground society.

A sweeping saga of Psychohistory, the rise and fall of a Galactic Empire, and the heroic efforts of a small planet's scholars to preserve humanity’s future.

In a 24th‑century United States where telepathy is law enforcement’s secret weapon, entrepreneur Ben Reichs plans a murder so audacious the only question is whether he can evade the mind‑reading police.

A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells sketches a perfect, pollution‑free society where individuals contribute to the common good under careful political oversight, raising questions about equality, progress, and the limits of an ideal world.

In *Brave New World Revisited*, Aldous Huxley examines how the dystopian warnings of his 1932 novel are unfolding in the 1958 world, critiquing propaganda, consumerism, and the erosion of freedom.

H. G. Wells’s speculative novel envisions a future World State, a benevolent dictatorship that prioritizes science, mandates English worldwide, and strives for a utopian society, while foreseeing a Second World War.

A graphic rendition of George Orwell's 1984, representing the novel’s first visual adaptation.

149 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.680L Lexile

"Who were the first people to inhabit North America? Does the West Bank belong to the Arabs or the Jews? Why are racists so obsessed with origins? Is a seventh cousin still a cousin? Why do some societies name their children after dead ancestors?" "As Eviatar Zerubavel demonstrates in Time Maps, we cannot answer questions such as these without a deeper understanding of how we envision the past. In a pioneering attempt to map the structure of our collective memory, Zerubavel considers the cognitive patterns we use to organize the past in our minds and the mental strategies that help us string together unrelated events into coherent and meaningful narratives, as well as the social grammar of battles over conflicting interpretations of history. Drawing on fascinating examples that range from Hiroshima to the Holocaust, from Columbus to Lucy, and from ancient Egypt to the former Yugoslavia, Zerubavel shows how we construct historical origins; how we tie discontinuous events together into stories; how we link families and entire nations through genealogies; and how we separate distinct historical periods from one another through watersheds, such as the invention of fire or the fall of the Berlin Wall." "Most people think the Roman Empire ended in 476, even though it lasted another 977 years in Byzantium. Challenging such conventional wisdom, Time Maps will be must reading for anyone interested in how the history of our world takes shape."--Jacket.