Author: H WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781548605919
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
H.G. Wells's classic tale of planetary conquest.
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells Unabridged 1898 Original Version
Author: H WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781548605919
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
H.G. Wells's classic tale of planetary conquest.
The War Of The World
Author: H G WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781082230622
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. The 1938 radio broadcast caused public outcry against the episode, as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress, a notable example of mass hysteria.
The War of the Worlds
Author: H. G. WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781506167930
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "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..." Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
Author: H G WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.
The War of the Worlds
Author: H. G. WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781506167671
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "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..." Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler
The War of the Worlds - the Original 1898 Classic (Reader's Library Classics)
Author: H. G. WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781954839410
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Humans vs. Martians. Conventional ballistics vs. the dreaded Heat-Ray and poisonous black smoke. It's not the survival of one person at stake. It is the survival of all humanity.A classic unlike anything the world had yet to read, The War of the Worlds takes you into late 19th century England where a full-scale Martian invasion has begun.
The War of the Worlds / H. G. Wells / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles
Author: H G WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
One of the classics masterpieces of the written world. A must-read. Illustrated with doodles Complete and Unabridged 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.
The War of the Worlds
Author: Hg WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The seminal masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. After the novel's hero finds himself trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. Adapted by Orson Welles for his notorious 1938 radio drama and subsequently by many filmmakers, H. G. Wells's timeless story shows no sign of losing its grip on readers' imaginations.
The War of the Worlds
Author: H. G. WellsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781540607256
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Aliens attack London!Martians!Space ships all over the British capital!There are horrible fire-rays killing people!The World is in danger! H. G. Wells is the true pioneer of modern Science Fiction. His merit is, that at the end of the nineteenth century he presents the vision of extraterrestrial life and interplanetary travelling. Furthermore, in his novel, the alien invaders overtake the world with futuristic powerful weapons and horrible brutality.
The War of the Worlds
Author: H G WellsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. The 1938 radio broadcast caused public outcry against the episode, as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress, a notable example of mass hysteria.