{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5dca","title":"A Dream of Armageddon","publish_year":1901,"publish_source":"Black and White","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/blackwhiteillust05lond/page/280/mode/2up","publish_edition":"Vol. 5, No. 85","author":"H. G. Wells","code":"a-dream-of-armageddon","words":10044,"image":"a_dream_of_armageddon.jpg","image_alt":"Drawing of a man and woman on an exotic balcony overlooking the sea.","genres":["fantasy","adventure","literary","sci-fi"],"description":"While reading a book on dreaming, a man is approached by a stranger who is eager to talk on the subject, chronicling a romantic series of dreams that unfolded over many nights of sleep.","rating":5,"blurb":"“But why should it be? If, indeed, this battle, this slaughter and stress is life, why have we this craving for pleasure and beauty? If there is no refuge, if there is no place of peace, and if all our dreams of quiet places are a folly and a snare, why have we such dreams?”","unique_cover":"Drawing of a man and woman on an exotic balcony overlooking the sea.","cover_source":"unknown","has_review":false,"has_collections":[{"code":"choice","title":"Librarian’s Picks","collection_type":"static"},{"code":"dreams","title":"Living the Dream","collection_type":"theme"},{"code":"fantasy","title":"Best of Fantasy","collection_type":"genre"}]}