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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. well-written, but I'm not usually a huge fan of science fiction, especially when the Martians' oh-so-advanced technology and Earthlings' weaponry are both outdated. so I stopped 40 pages shy of the end. I guess it's a testament to his skill, though, that I kept thinking about it for awhile afterwards. (  ) KendraRenee | Dec 11, 2009 |  A very early novel about aliens invading Earth. By now most people have seen one of the movie versions, but this is still worth reading. It still amazes me what Wells could imagine over 100 years ago. By today's standards this is very short, but still a great book. (  )1  Karlstar | Dec 4, 2009 | I enjoyed this book more than I thought I would. Mostly the science worked, it was well written, and at times the action was gripping. Very cool classic read. ( ) whymaggiemay | Nov 24, 2009 | Sadly, I just couldn't get into The War of the Worlds. It dragged from word one. It was short and didn't take a long time to read, but it seemed like forever. I've been recently coming to appreciate some alien stories, but this one fell flat. The ending struck me as an easy way to end the novel and left me feeling unfulfilled. (  ) JennSicu | Nov 12, 2009 | A great genre-defining example of the sometimes perilous world of classic science fiction. The Time Machine was much better and much more clearly written. But War of the Worlds is a worthy read. ( ) SendersName | Nov 11, 2009 | 
 Mr. Wells's dramatic power is of the strongest, and through "The War of the Worlds" deals with death, destruction, and ruin, he has known how to manage a terrible topic in a clever and ingenuous way.
Amazon.com (ISBN 0375759239, Paperback)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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:09 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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