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(5) | None | H.G. Wells has been called the father of science fiction, and with genre-defining classics like The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, it's obvious why. The War of the Worlds is as vivid and powerful today as the day it was written. In this collection, which also includes the full text of The War of the Worlds, fourteen of science fiction's greatest talents come together to discuss, with insight and humor, one of science fiction's most important works. Essays include: * "H. G. Wells' Enduring Mythos of Mars," in which Stephen Baxter provides the history of man's investigators of Mars and explains why Wells was right after all * "Just Who Were Those Martians, Anyway?" in which Lawrence Watt-Evans explains how ridiculously incompetent the Martians were as interplanetary invaders, and why * "In Working's Image," in which Mercedes Lackey takes us to a different alien world: Wells' hometown of Working during the late 19th century * "The Tiniest Assassins," in which Mike Resnick suggests that Wells gets one tiny thing wrong * The Hugo-winning "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" (the only reprint in this anthology), in which Connie Willis describes the unfortunate encounter between Emily Dickinson and Wells' Martians… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | H. G. Wells | — | primary author | all editions | calculated | Yeffeth, Glenn | Editor | main author | all editions | confirmed | Baxter, Stephen | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Gerrold, David | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lackey, Mercedes | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Resnick, Mike | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Saberhagen, Fred | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Sargent, Pamela | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Silverberg, Robert | Introduction | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Watson, Ian | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Watt-Evans, Lawrence | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Williamson, Jack | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Willis, Connie | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wilson, Robert Charles | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Zebrowski, George | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Zindell, David | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in English (7)▾Book descriptions H.G. Wells has been called the father of science fiction, and with genre-defining classics like The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine, it's obvious why. The War of the Worlds is as vivid and powerful today as the day it was written. In this collection, which also includes the full text of The War of the Worlds, fourteen of science fiction's greatest talents come together to discuss, with insight and humor, one of science fiction's most important works. Essays include: * "H. G. Wells' Enduring Mythos of Mars," in which Stephen Baxter provides the history of man's investigators of Mars and explains why Wells was right after all * "Just Who Were Those Martians, Anyway?" in which Lawrence Watt-Evans explains how ridiculously incompetent the Martians were as interplanetary invaders, and why * "In Working's Image," in which Mercedes Lackey takes us to a different alien world: Wells' hometown of Working during the late 19th century * "The Tiniest Assassins," in which Mike Resnick suggests that Wells gets one tiny thing wrong * The Hugo-winning "The Soul Selects Her Own Society" (the only reprint in this anthology), in which Connie Willis describes the unfortunate encounter between Emily Dickinson and Wells' Martians ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Anthology contains: - Introduction / Robert Silverberg
- The War of the Worlds / H.G. Wells
- The Night Wind and the Morning Star / Robert Charles Wilson
- Just Who Were Those Martians, Anyway? / Lawrence Watt-Evans
- The Martians Among Us / Pamela Sargent
- H.G. Wells' Enduring Mythos of Mars / Stephen Baxter
- The Evolution of the Martians / Jack Williamson
- Wars of the Worlds / David Gerrold
- In Working's Image / Mercedes Lackey
- Wells, Welles, Well!, or Who Called the Martians Down? / Fred Saberhagen
- The Fear of the Worlds / George Zebrowski
- Martian Compassion / David Zindell
- The Tiniest Assassins / Mike Resnick
- Of Warfare and The War of the Worlds / Ian Watson
- "The Soul Selects Her Own Society": Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective / Connie Willis
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