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PENGUIN CLASSICS THE WAR OF THE WORLDS - H G ...

The first modern tale of alien invasion  H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds remains one of the
most influential science fiction novels ever published.   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  naïve 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. Soon the whole
of human civilisation is under threat  as powerful Martians 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. The War of the Worlds has been the subject of countless adaptations
including an Orson Welles radio drama which caused mass panic when it was broadcast  with
listeners confusing it for a news broadcast heralding alien invasion  a musical version by Jeff
Wayne  and  most recently  Steven Spielberg's 2005 film version  starring Tom Cruise.   This
Penguin Classics edition includes a full biographical essay on Wells  a further reading list
and detailed notes. The introduction  by Brian Aldiss  considers the novel's view of religion
and society.   For more than seventy years  Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic
literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1 700 titles  Penguin Classics
represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and
disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions
and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as up-to-date
translations by award-winning translators.

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