Author: H G Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Get Book
Book Description
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. The 1938 radio broadcast caused public outcry against the episode, as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress, a notable example of mass hysteria.
Author: H G Wells
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781095577714
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Get Book
Book Description
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. The 1938 radio broadcast caused public outcry against the episode, as many listeners believed that an actual Martian invasion was in progress, a notable example of mass hysteria.
Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 1524760129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Get Book
Book Description
Originally published: London: Gollancz, 2017.
Author: Jeanne M. Dillard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671671112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420
Get Book
Book Description
The dormant aliens from the invasion decades ago have revived, and the nightmare invasion is about to begin again--with different rules. This time, the aliens will not be so easy to kill. Ties in to the television series from Paramount.
Author: Peter J. Beck
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474229891
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Get Book
Book Description
First published in 1897, H.G. Wells's alien invasion narrative The War of the Worlds was a landmark work of science fiction and one that continues to be adapted and referenced in the 21st century. Chronicling the novel's contexts, its origins and its many multi-media adaptations, this book is a complete biography of the life – and the afterlives – of The War of the Worlds. Exploring the original text's compelling sense of place and vivid recreation of Wells's Woking home and the concerns of fin-de-siécle Britain, the book goes on to chart the novel's immediate international impact. Starting with the initial serialisations in US newspapers, Peter Beck goes on to examine Orson Welles's legendary 1938 radio adaptation, TV and film adaptations from George Pal to Steven Spielberg, Jeff Wayne's rock opera and the numerous other works that have taken their inspiration from Wells's original. Drawing on new archival research, this is a comprehensive account of the continuing impact of The War of the Worlds.
Author: Russell Punter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474918534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Get Book
Book Description
Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: Double 9 Booksllp
ISBN: 9789394973558
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Get Book
Book Description
The War of the Worlds' is a prominent science fiction novel that was published in the year 1897 by English author H. G. Wells. The anonymity of the narrator gives a firsthand record of the appearance of Martians in the regions around London and the demolition of central England. The Martin technology was above the other innovations where human development is pushed completely to the brink of collapse quickly. Albeit the Martians are entirely killed by earthbound bacteria before they can extend their decimation past Great Britain. Though various books have highlighted a threatening outsider attack previously, The War of the Worlds is the primary effective illustration of this genre and it still stays as a crucial novel in the sci-fi ordinance. American director Orson Welles restyled 'The War of the Worlds' and portrayed the popular radio station in 1938. Welles represented the imaginary episode as a news broadcast and purportedly prompted alarm among audience that Martians were attacking.
Author: Herbert George Wells
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781403715036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Get Book
Book Description
This is one of the most famous and frightening science fiction stories ever written. When a strange object falls from the sky and lands in southern England, few people are worried. But then strange creatures climb out and start killing people. Before long, the land is being attacked by huge fighting machines and nobody is safe ...
Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781490952857
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Get Book
Book Description
Contents:The Time MachineWar of the WorldsThe Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us. His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated. The fire burned brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses. Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere when thought roams gracefully free of the trammels of precision. And he put it to us in this way—marking the points with a lean forefinger—as we sat and lazily admired his earnestness over this new paradox (as we thought it) and his fecundity.
Author: H G Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Get Book
Book Description
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.
