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War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
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War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Category: Classics
H.G. Well's 1898 science fiction classic, "The War of the Worlds," tapped into society's fears about worldwide security and an impending war in Europe. However, it wasn't until forty years later that "The War of the Worlds" became infamous. On October 30, 1938, the United States was certain that it was ...Show more
War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Category: Fiction | Series: Evergreens
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 ofthe Earth must come to terms with the prospect of th ...Show more
War of the Worlds / The War in the Air by H. G. Wells
Category: Classic | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser.
With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Andrew Frayn, Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University. In these two compelling novels H.G. Wells imagines terrifying futures in which civilisation itself is threatened. The narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to di ...Show more
War of the Worlds (HB) by H. G. WELLS
Category: Children's | Series: Award Essential Classics
With infinite complacency, men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs... That is, until the night a shooting star is seen in the sky, and a fleet of ruthless, tentacled Martian fighting-machines land on Earth and begins a deadly rampage. In the face of heat-rays and poisonous gas, pa ...Show more
War of the Worlds & Other Tales by H. G. WELLS
Category: Sci-fi & Fantasy | Series: Flame Tree Collectors' Editions Ser.
Cylinders land on earth and the invaders, from Mars, with their huge, round bodies and tentacles, start to vaporize the people of Earth. Houses, towns and cities are soon destroyed in a spiral of violence, creating civil panic and mass evacuations before a foul black smoke is released by the aggressive ...Show more
When the Sleeper Wakes by H.G. Wells
Category: Fiction
The Sleeper is just an ordinary man, no one special, just someone going about his everyday business. Until one day he awakes, and finds that the world around him has changed. No longer a nobody, he has been catapulted into the unenviable position of a pawn in a dangerous conspiracy where the stakes are ...Show more
When the Sleeper Wakes - (Dystopian Classics) by H. G. Wells
Category: Classics | Series: Dystopian Classics Ser.
"When the Sleeper Wakes" by H.G. Wells centers around a young man, Graham who wakes up 200 years later and is astonished to see how much the world has progressed. Graham discovers that he is the possessor of over half the world. Dystopian Classic Editions publishes works of dystopian literature that hav ...Show more