The war of the worlds / H.G. Wells ; edited by Patrick Parrinder ; with an introduction by Brian Aldiss and notes by Andy Sawyer.
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TextSeries: Penguin classicsPublication details: London, England ; New York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2005.Description: xxxvi, 199 p. : map ; 20 cmISBN: - 0141441038 (pbk.)
- 9780141441030 (pbk.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Science Fiction/Fantasy | Wells, H G | Checked out | staining on edge of pages near front of book. 7/19/2022 | 05/13/2024 | 33111005418005 |
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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. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians 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.
First published in 1898.
Includes bibliographical references.
H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.