The War of the Worlds

Author(s): H. G. Wells
Publisher: House of Stratus
Date : 2001

'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?' A series of strange atmospheric disturbances on the planet Mars may raise concern on Earth but it does little to prepare the inhabitants for imminent invasion. At first the odd-looking Martians seem to pose no threat for the intellectual powers of Victorian London, but it seems man's superior confidence is disastrously misplaced. For the Martians are heading towards victory with terrifying velocity. The War of The Worlds is an expertly crafted invasion story that can be read as a frenzied satire on the dangers of imperialism and occupation.

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