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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 classic tale of an alien invasion of Earth from the pen of the father of modern SF, with an introduction by Adam Roberts. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 304 x 2. Weight in Grams: 198.
'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 ... Read more
'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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
197g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781473218024
SKU
V9781473218024
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About H. G. Wells
H.G. Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T. H. Huxley. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in biology and resumed teaching but had to retire after a kick from an ill-natured pupil afflicted his kidneys. ... Read more
Reviews for The War of the Worlds
I personally consider the greatest of English living writers [to be] H. G. Wells
Upton Sinclair [Wells' work is] astonishingly rich in human and historical interest ... he foresaw the invention of, among other things, television, tanks, aerial warfare and the atom bomb
David Lodge Groundbreaking ... A true classic that has pointed the way not just for ... Read more
Upton Sinclair [Wells' work is] astonishingly rich in human and historical interest ... he foresaw the invention of, among other things, television, tanks, aerial warfare and the atom bomb
David Lodge Groundbreaking ... A true classic that has pointed the way not just for ... Read more