Overview
In the Fourth Year is H. G.
This title is catalogued in Science Fiction & Speculative. Its reading profile is Medium and Moderate, with themes including escapism, darkness, history, politics, speculative ideas.
One-Page Summary
In the Fourth Year is H. G. Wells’s wartime political writing, reflecting on the First World War, international relations, and the political arrangements he believed would be necessary for a more stable postwar world. Wells was interested in the relationship between national sovereignty and international organization, and he used the war to argue that old political structures had become inadequate to the scale of modern conflict. The book is therefore both wartime commentary and a proposal for political reorganization. Its value today lies partly in seeing how an influential writer imagined the world while the war was still underway.
Key Themes
Escapism: This title is tagged with escapism as one of its main themes.
Darkness: This title is tagged with darkness as one of its main themes.
History: This title is tagged with history as one of its main themes.
Politics: This title is tagged with politics as one of its main themes.
Speculative ideas: This title is tagged with speculative ideas as one of its main themes.