The War of the Worlds

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Product ID:	9780141441030
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	The War of the Worlds
Authors:	Author: H. G. Wells
Page Count:	240
Subjects:	Classic science fiction, Classic science fiction
Description:	Select Guide Rating The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naive locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. ''The classic tale of alien invasion, and still the best'' The Times The first modern depiction of extra-terrestrials attacking the earth, The War of the Worlds remains one of the most influential of all science-fiction works. It shows the whole of human civilization under threat, as terrifying, tentacled Martians land in England, build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear. Edited by Patrick Parrinder with an Introduction by Brian Aldiss and Notes by Andy Sawyer
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2005-03-31

Weight	182 g
Dimensions	197 × 130 × 15 mm