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The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
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Description for The War of the Worlds
Paperback. The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
'The classic tale of alien invasion, and still the best' The Times
The first modern depiction of extra-terrestrials attacking the earth, The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential of all science-fiction works. It shows the whole of human civilization under threat, as terrifying, tentacled Martians land in England, build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.
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Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141441030
SKU
V9780141441030
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About H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly ... Read more
Reviews for The War of the Worlds
“The creations of Mr. Wells . . . belong unreservedly to an age and degree of scientific knowledge far removed from the present, though I will not say entirely beyond the limits of the possible.” —Jules Verne