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The War of the Worlds (Modern Library Classics)

by H G Wells

ISBN13: 9780375759239
ISBN10: 0375759239
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“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 and yet as mortal as his own.” Thus begins one of the most terrifying and morally prescient science fiction novels ever penned. Beginning with a series of strange flashes in the distant night sky, the Martian attack initially causes little concern on Earth. Then the destruction erupts—ten massive aliens roam England and destroy with heat rays everything in their path. Very soon mankind finds itself on the brink of extinction. Wells raises questions of mortality, man’s place in nature, and the evil lurking in the technological future—questions that remain urgently relevant in the twenty-first century.

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“The creations of Mr. Wells . . . belong unreservedly to an age and degree of scientific knowledge far removed from the present, though I will not say entirely beyond the limits of the possible.” —Jules Verne

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A prophetic and gripping work from the father of science fiction, The War of the Worlds forever cast into doubt the notion that we are alone in the universe. It endures as one of the most captivating accounts of interplanetary invasion ever written. This edition includes transcripts of Orson Welles's infamous 1938 radio broadcast.

About the Author

Sir Arthur C. Clarke is the honorary vice president of the H. G. Wells Society and the author of more than sixty works of science fiction, including the bestsellers 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood’s End. He lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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ISBN:: 9780375759239
Introduction:: Clarke, Arthur Charles
Author:: Clarke, Arthur Charles
Author:: Wells, H. G.
Author:: H. G. Wells Introduction by Sir Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher:: Modern Library
Location:: New York
Subject:: Classics
Subject:: Science Fiction - General
Subject:: Science fiction
Edition Description:: Paperback
Series:: Modern Library Classics
Series Volume:: 107-175
Publication Date:: March 2002
Binding:: Paperback
Language:: English
Pages:: 224
Dimensions:: 8.03x5.17x.50 in. .37 lbs.

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