MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011284976
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008 120302s2002 nyu 000 1 eng d
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100 1 $aWells, H. G.$q(Herbert George),$d1866-1946.
245 14 $aThe war of the worlds /$cH.G. Wells ; introduction by Arthur C. Clarke.
250 $aModern Library pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bModern Library,$c2002.
300 $axvii, 190 p. ;$c21 cm.
505 0 $aBiographical note -- Introduction / Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- War of the Worlds: Book One: The coming of the Martians: Eve of the war -- Falling star -- On Horsell Common -- Cylinder opens -- Heat ray -- Heat ray in the Chobham Road -- How I reached home -- Friday night -- Fighting begins -- In the storm -- At the window -- What I saw of the destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton -- How I fell in with the curate -- In London -- What had happened in Surrey -- Exodus from London -- "Thunder Child" -- Book two: The Earth under the Martians: Underfoot -- What we saw from the ruined house -- Days of imprisonment -- Death of the curate -- Stillness -- Work of fifteen days -- Man on Putney Hill -- Dead London -- Wreckage -- Epilogue -- Commentary -- Reading group guide.
520 $aAn English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.
650 0 $aImaginary wars and battles$vFiction.
651 0 $aMars (Planet)$vFiction.
650 0 $aSpace warfare$vFiction.
655 7 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aWar stories.$2gsafd