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Een invasie van vleesetende Marsbewoners veroorzaakt aan het eind van de negentiende eeuw een totale ontreddering in de Engelse maatschappij.
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Imaginary wars and battles, Juvenile fiction, Space warfare, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Diseases, Martians, Invasions, Classic Literature, Open Library Staff Picks, open_syllabus_project, English Science fiction, Imaginary wars and battles in literature, Mars (Planet), Science fiction, Space vehicles, Earth, Romance Ingles, Fiction, science fiction, general, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, Children's fiction, Examinations, Vocabulary, SAT (Educational test), English language, Study guides, Fiction, action & adventure, Large type books, Life on other planets, War stories, Extraterrestrial beings, fiction, Outer space, fiction, Literature, English literature, Seres extraterrestres, Extraterrestrial beings, Ficcion, Guerra espacial, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Human-alien encounters, Comic books, strips, Wells, h. g. (herbert george), 1866-1946, Adaptations, Graphic novels, Aladdin (legendary character), fiction, War, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Guerras imaginarias, Novela, Guerra, Life on other planets, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction, Space warfare -- Fiction, Mars (Planet) -- Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles--fiction, Space warfare--fiction, Pr5774 .w3 2005dx, 823.912People
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Penguin English Library the War of the Worlds
May 29, 2012, PENGUIN GROUP, Penguin Classic
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La guerra de los mundos
2012, Ediciones MAAN S.A. de C.V.
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The ultimate science fiction classic: for more than one hundred years, this compelling tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers with a combination of imagination and incisive commentary on the imbalance of power that continues to be relevant today. The style is revolutionary for its era, employing a sophisticated first and third person account of the events which is both personal and focused on the holistic downfall of Earth's society. The Martians, as evil, mechanical and unknown a threat they are, remain daunting in today's society, where, despite technology's mammoth advances, humanity's hegemony over Earth is yet to be called into question. In Well's introduction to the book, where the character discusses with the later deceased Ogilvy about astronomy and the possibility of alien life defeating the 'savage' (to them) nineteenth-century Britain, is he insinuating that this is the truth and fate of humanity? It's up to you to decide…
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