The War of the Worlds
Recommended by Roger Luckhurst, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #5 in SAT Prep, Ranked #10 in Mars — see more rankings.
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule.
Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is... more
Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels,The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is... more
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Roger Luckhurst Wells’ brilliant satirical stroke of turning colonialism on its head. (Source)
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- #20 in Aliens
- #12 in Classic Sci-Fi
- #55 in End Of The World
- #67 in Leather
- #89 in Nook
- #66 in Penguin Classics
- #47 in Podcast
- #42 in Project Gutenberg
- #42 in Public Domain
- #39 in Science Fiction
- #63 in Shakespeare
- #90 in Syfy
- #75 in Victorian
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