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This story begins at an observatory in England where the narrator witnesses explosions on Mars. This event is followed by what is thought to be a meteor landing not far from the observatory. Once the narrator travels to the spot of the meteor landing he discovers it is actually a cylinder and the cylinder contains Martians. The story chronicles the Martian attacks throughout many parts of England, even devastating London and the narrator escapes with many chilling and near death adventures.

For more than one hundred years H. G. Wells’ classic science fiction 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.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 and yet as mortal as his own....So begins The War of the Worlds, the science fiction classic that first proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets and has enthralled readers for generations. This compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of earth. When huge, tireless creatures land in England, complete chaos erupts. Using their fiery heat rays and crushing strength, the aliens just may succeed in silencing all opposition. Is life on earth doomed? Will mankind survive? A timeless view of a universe turned upside down, The War of the Worlds is an ingenious and imaginative look into the possibilities of the future and the secrets yet to be revealed.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY KARL KROEBER AND AN AFTERWORD BY ISAAC ASIMOV

"The War of the Worlds" details 12 days in which invaders from Mars attack the planet Earth, captured popular imagination with its fast-paced narrative and images of Martians and interplanetary travel. The humans in "The War of the Worlds" initially treat the invasion with complacency but soon are provoked into a defensive state of war.H. G. Wells's science fiction masterpiece "The War of the Worlds" was originally published in Pierson's magazine in 1897 and was issued as a novel the following year. A century later, it has never been out of print. The story has become an integral part of our culture, frequently retold in graphic novels and films. In 1938, it became part of one of the greatest and most horrifying media events of all times. "The Mercury Theatre on the Air", headed by twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles, broadcast over the radio an adaptation of the book that was so realistic that it caused widespread public panic, mob violence, and looting. Until the night of that broadcast, few people realised the power of broadcast media to make whole populations feel powerless when faced with breaking events.

Unabridged value reproduction of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf. The War of the Worlds is nonstop suspenseful action that every other alien sci-fi tale must compare itself against.The War of the Worlds is a tale that can be viewed in many ways as it has multiple layers of social theory, master race evolution, and political theory, which makes it much more interesting than at first would appear.This is the same tale which Orson Welles adapted to create hysteria for his radio drama of 1938.Up for an all-night adventure steeped in suspense? Read the heart quickening tale in this unabridged, affordably printed volume that drives the reader to the last page.Contents: BOOK I. THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS 3I. THE EVE OF THE WAR 3 II. THE FALLING STAR 5 III. ON HORSELL COMMON 7 IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS 8 V. THE HEAT-RAY 10 VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD 12 VII. HOW I REACHED HOME 13 VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT 15 IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS 16 X. IN THE STORM 19 XI. AT THE WINDOW 22 XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON 24 XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE 29 XIV. IN LONDON 32 XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY 37 XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON 40 XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD” 46BOOK II. THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS 50I. UNDER FOOT 50 II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE 54 III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT 58 IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE 60 V. THE STILLNESS 62 VI. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS 63 VII. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL 65 VIII. DEAD LONDON 72 IX. WRECKAGE 76 X. THE EPILOGUE 78

A beautiful and rare edition that includes 130 illustrations by Henrique CorreaSeaWolf Press is proud to offer another book in its H. G. Wells 100th Anniversary Collection. Each book in the collection contains the text and illustrations from the first or early edition (but it is not a photocopy.)Use Amazon's Lookinside feature to compare this edition with others. You'll be impressed by the differences. If you like our book, be sure to leave a review! Our version has:130 original illustrations. Don't be fooled by other versions with missing or made-up pictures.Text that has been proofread to avoid errors common in other versions.A beautiful cover that replicates the first edition cover.The complete text in an easy-to-read font similar to the original.Properly formatted text complete with correct indenting, spacing, footnotes, italics, and tables.The War of the Worlds is a captivating science fiction novel that appeared in hardcover in 1898. It is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative as southern England is invaded by Martians who possess devastating weapons. The novel has been variously interpreted as a commentary on evolutionary theory, British imperialism, and generally Victorian superstitions, fears, and prejudices. The story has also been made into a number of movies, TV shows, and radio dramas. It was most memorably dramatized in a 1938 radio program that caused public panic among listeners who did not know the Martian invasion was fictional. The novel has even influenced the work of rocket scientists in their quest to land on the moon.

One of the most famous science-fiction stories ever written, The War of the Worlds helped launch the entire genre by exploiting the concept of interplanetary travel. First published in 1898, the novel terrified readers of the Victorian era with its account of an invasion of hostile creatures from Mars who moved across the English landscape in bizarre metal transports, using deadly heat rays to destroy buildings and annihilate all life in their path. Its power to stir the imagination was made abundantly clear when Orson Welles adapted the story for a radio drama on Halloween night in 1938 and created a national panic. Despite readers' increasing sophistication about space travel and interplanetary invaders, The War of the Worlds remains a riveting reading experience. Its narrative energy, intensity, and striking originality remain undiminished, ready to thrill a new generation of readers with old-fashioned storytelling power.

With H. G. Wells’ other novels, The War of the Worlds was one of the first and greatest works of science fiction ever to be written. Even long before man had learned to fly, H. G. Wells wrote this story of the Martian attack on England. These unearthly creatures arrive in huge cylinders, from which they escape as soon as the metal is cool. The first falls near Woking and is regarded as a curiosity rather than a danger until the Martians climb out of it and kill many of the gaping crowd with a Heat-Ray. These unearthly creatures have heads four feet in diameter and colossal round bodies, and by manipulating two terrifying machines — the Handling Machine and the Fighting Machine — they are as versatile as humans and at the same time insuperable. They cause boundless destruction. The inhabitants of the Earth are powerless against them, and it looks as if the end of the World has come. But there is one factor which the Martians, in spite of their superior intelligence, have not reckoned on. It is this which brings about a miraculous conclusion to this famous work of the imagination.