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[[File:The Shop of Things to Come.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''The Shop of Things to Come'''''.]]'''''The Shop of Things to Come''''' is a science fiction consumer society novel by British writer H. G. Wells about a future shopping expedition which ends in madness, death, and the Final Checkout.
[[File:The Shop of Things to Come.jpg|thumb|Earliest known poster for '''''The Shop of Things to Come'''''.]]
[[File:The Shop of Things to Come 2.jpg|thumb|Most recently retrieved poster for '''''The Shop of Things to Come'''''.]]
'''''The Shop of Things to Come''''' is a science fiction economics horror novel by British writer H. G. Wells about a future shopping expedition which ends in madness, death, and the Final Checkout.
 
== Hashtags ==
 
* <nowiki>#DarwinianGeneralStore</nowiki>
* <nowiki>#GnomonShoppingNetwork</nowiki>


== In the News ==
== In the News ==


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File:The Time Machine of the Wicked.jpg|link=The Time Machine of the Wicked|'''''[[The Time Machine of the Wicked]]''''' is a historical novel by H. G. Wells and Anthony Burgess.
File:Tron-Mart.jpg|link=Tron-Mart|'''''[[Tron-Mart]]''''' is a 1982 American science fiction action-shopping film about a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a corporate retailer where he interacts with virtual consumer goods in his attempt to escape.
File:Tron-Mart.jpg|link=Tron-Mart|'''''[[Tron-Mart]]''''' is a 1982 American science fiction action-shopping film about a computer programmer and video game developer who is transported inside the software world of a corporate retailer where he interacts with virtual consumer goods in his attempt to escape.
File:Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Product Teams (But Were Afraid to Ask).jpg|link=Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Product Teams* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)|'''''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Product Teams* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]''''' is a 1972 American corporate policy sex comedy film directed by Woody Allen.
File:Alien - Rise of the Sales Assistants.jpg|link=Alien: Rise of the Sales Assistants|'''''[[Alien: Rise of the Sales Assistants]]''''' is a 2023 science fiction legal drama film about a group of low-paid workers who bring suit against the Weyland-Yutani transplanetary corporation.


File:They Live, We Shop.jpg|link=They Live, We Shop|'''''[[They Live, We Shop]]''''' is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.
File:They Live, We Shop.jpg|link=They Live, We Shop|'''''[[They Live, We Shop]]''''' is a 2021 American documentary film about the hypnotic effects of money.
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* ''[[Alien: Rise of the Sales Assistants]]''
* ''[[Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Product Teams* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)]]''
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* ''[[The Time Machine of the Wicked]]''
* ''[[They Live, We Shop]]''
* ''[[They Live, We Shop]]''
* ''[[Tron-Mart]]''
* ''[[Tron-Mart]]''
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [ Post] @ Twitter (29 September 2022)
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come The Shape of Things to Come] @ Wikipedia
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7njHIPDkoo&list=PLu5tKfQq0iyZIuueQgJBRzpoIXq9BBRNp The Shape of Things to Come - Audiobook] @ YouTube
 
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* [ ] @ Wikipedia
=== Social media ===


* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1623648810470612993 Post] @ Twitter (9 February 2023)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1595898076275052544 Post] @ Twitter (24 November 2022)
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1575497546994106371 Post] @ Twitter (29 September 2022)


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Latest revision as of 16:19, 1 May 2024

Earliest known poster for The Shop of Things to Come.
Most recently retrieved poster for The Shop of Things to Come.

The Shop of Things to Come is a science fiction economics horror novel by British writer H. G. Wells about a future shopping expedition which ends in madness, death, and the Final Checkout.

Hashtags

  • #DarwinianGeneralStore
  • #GnomonShoppingNetwork

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (9 February 2023)
  • Post @ Twitter (24 November 2022)
  • Post @ Twitter (29 September 2022)