The War of the Worlds
Author(s): H.G. Wells
"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..." So begins H. G. Wells' classic novel in which Martian lifeforms take over planet Earth. As the Martians emerge, they construct giant killing machines - armed with heatrays - that are impervious to attack. Advancing upon London they destroy everything in their path. Everything, except the few humans they collect in metal traps. Victorian England is a place in which the steam engine is state-of-the-art technology and powered flight is just a dream. Mankind is helpless against the killing machines from Mars, and soon the survivors are left living in a new stone age. Includes the original Warwick Goble illustrations.
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A true classic that has pointed the way not just for science-fiction writers, but for how we as a civilisation might think of ourselves * Guardian * The War of the Worlds remains the barometer by which all extra-terrestrial invasions are measured, from V to Independence Day to Arrival * Irish Times * The classic tale of alien invasion, and still the best * The Times * Wells occupies an honoured place in science fiction -- Kingsley Amis A born story-teller -- J.B. Priestly Wells is the Shakespeare of science fiction * Brian Aldiss *
General Fields
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- : Penguin UK
- : Penguin (General UK)
- : 149.0
- : 01 September 2018
- : h198mm x w129mm x s13mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : H.G. Wells
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 208
