The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
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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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H. G. Wells (1866-1946)Showing 11 featured editions. View all 457 editions?
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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.
in Spanish
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War of the Worlds
Dec 23, 2011, Brand: New Generation Publishing, New Generation Publishing
paperback
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Classic Starts: The War of the Worlds (Classic Starts Series)
February 1, 2007, Sterling
Hardcover
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The War of the Worlds
December 1, 1993, Aerie
Mass Market Paperback
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"NO ONE WOULD have believed in last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water."
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