The War of the Worlds is a novel written by H. G. Wells in 1898, depicting an alien invasion of the earth, and is often regarded as being the first to depict such a disaster. The book tells the story of a Martian invasion of Earth.

The novel stands as a major milestone in science-fiction literature, inspiring legions of subsequent writers and an endless array of hostile-alien scenarios.

The innovative science-fiction story about the possibilities of intelligent life on distant planets follows an English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, as they struggle to survive the invasion of ...

Includes the history of "The War of the Worlds," the full text of the novel and the full recording of the Welles broadcast.

"The War of the Worlds" is a fundamental work of science fiction literature and has been filmed and adapted several times. Wells wrote the novel as a satire on the colonial politics of the Empire.

With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter.“ "The War of the Worlds“ by H. G. Wells is a classic of early science fiction.

Inside the crater, he discovers a giant cylinder that can only be the work of a superior civilization—the intentions of which are not peaceful.

This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classic? includes a glossary and reader?s notes to help the modern reader contend with Wells? vocabulary, use of science, and British references.Originally written for a magazine in 1897, The War of ...

Part of the Legend Classics series Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and ...

Drawing on new archival research, this is a comprehensive account of the continuing impact of The War of the Worlds.