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The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds By H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells


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The classic SF novel rejoins the Masterwork list in an affordable hardback format, with an exciting new cover design and a new introduction by Adam Roberts.

The War of the Worlds Summary

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

'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...'

So begins H. G. Wells' classic novel in which Martian lifeforms take over planet Earth. As the Martians emerge, they construct giant killing machines - armed with heatrays - that are impervious to attack. Advancing upon London they destroy everything in their path. Everything, except the few humans they collect in metal traps.

Victorian England is a place in which the steam engine is state-of-the-art technology and powered flight is just a dream. Mankind is helpless against the killing machines from Mars, and soon the survivors are left living in a new stone age.

About H.G. Wells

H G Wells was born in Bromley, Kent in 1866. After working as a draper's apprentice and pupil-teacher, he won a scholarship to the Normal School of Science in 1884, studying under T H Huxley. He was awarded a first-class honours degree in biology and resumed teaching but had to retire after a kick from an ill-natured pupil afflicted his kidneys. He worked in poverty in London as a crammer while experimenting in journalism and stories. It was with The Time Machine (1895) that he had his real breakthrough.

Additional information

GOR013382679
9780575115354
0575115351
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Used - Well Read
Hardback
Orion Publishing Co
20120712
208
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