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London: John Crowther, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/poor. London: John Crowther, 1947. Hardcover. Very Good/poor. Hardback. 1st Edition. Very Good/Poor. Derek Neville (1911-1976), wrote using similar themes to his contemporaries, Wells and Orwell, but has has been overshadowed by these two literary giants and largely forgotten. Yet, 'Bright Morrow', set in the 1980s, with the world divided into two armed camps, was published two years before Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', and outlined an almost Wellsian Utopia that enthusiasts of H.G.'s work would instantly recognise and feel comfortable with. Neville visualizes a future where a minority of democratic peoples of the world are opposed to the countless millions of hate-blinded, displaced and dispossessed that he calls, the Desserpoans. Both sides are armed with what we'd term today 'weapons of mass destruction', and a clash to the death betwen them seems inevitable. Yet, there is a way of escape - a reasoned, calm and enlightened way, which… Read More