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3 unusual facts about Things to Come


Boston Science Fiction Film Festival

"The Day the Earth Stood Still," "The War of the Worlds," "Things to Come," "The Thing from Another World," "Them!," and "Zardoz."

Nigel Tangye

1936: Things to Come (aeronautical advisor; designer of the 1970 Type swallow-winged aeroplane, Raymond Massey’s one man flying wing from the film

Space gun

Wells also used the concept in the climax of the 1936 movie Things to Come.


Lye, West Midlands

The memorial takes the form of a giant filmstrip, the illuminated cut metal panels illustrating scenes from some of his best-known roles, which include The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Things to Come, and The Ghost of Frankenstein.

The bomber will always get through

H. G. Wells' pre-World War I novel The War in the Air concluded that aerial warfare could never be 'won' in such a manner as bombing, but in 1936 he depicted a war starting suddenly with devastating air attacks on "Everytown" in the film Things to Come.

The Shape of Things to Come

Wells loosely adapted the novel for the screenplay of the film Things to Come, produced by Alexander Korda and directed by William Cameron Menzies, and released in 1936.


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Ben Barzman

Anticipating things to come, he first went to the U.K. in 1949 to work on the film Give Us This Day (also known as Christ in Concrete).

China Kantner

This was followed by further credits for "Things To Come" (Freedom at Point Zero, 1979), "Out of Control" (Winds of Change, 1982), and "The Sky Is No Limit" on her father's 1983 solo album Planet Earth Rock and Roll Orchestra.

Ford G7

In 1969, Agapiou Brothers Racing purchased the G7A, and attempted to run Peter Revson in the Can-Am season opener, held at Mosport Park; however, in a sign of things to come, the engine failed and he wasn't even able to start the race.

J. Dwight Pentecost

He takes a Dispensationalist position, however, and his Things to Come (1958) is characterized by a comprehensive review of almost every view on the biblical prophetic subject matter that has any form of prominence.