The dialogue and plot were devised by H. G. Wells as "a new story" meant to display the "social and political forces and possibilities" that he had outlined in his 1933 story The Shape of Things to Come, a work he considered less a novel than a "discussion" in fictional form that presented itself as the notes of a 22nd-century diplomat.
Head entity: The Shape of Things to Come
Tail entity: Things to Come
Relation (head \u2192 tail): based on
Inverse relation (tail \u2192 head): derivative work