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A short book but not so quick read
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This book is part of books I view as classics I have to read at some point. It is not very long and follows a young man when strange objects land on earth and release its extraterrestrial owners into the world. The storytelling is very slow and confusing, the character didn't make me feel for/with him and even though it's quit... This book is part of books I view as classics I have to read at some point. It is not very long and follows a young man when strange objects land on earth and release its extraterrestrial owners into the world. The storytelling is very slow and confusing, the character didn't make me feel for/with him and even though it's quite a short story I had problems with finishing it due to the writing and incidents that were all over the place.
The War of the Worlds
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Buch (gebundene Ausgabe, Englisch)
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Beschreibung
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
The most famous example of invasion literature and first published in 1898, The War of the Worlds has inspired countless science fiction stories and novels. After a dramatic series of shooting stars are seen tearing across the night sky, a gigantic cylinder descends from Mars and lands near London. Inquisitive locals gather round only to be struck down by a murderous heat-ray. Giant destructive machines climb out the crater formed by the cylinder destroying everything in their path on a merciless march towards London. Can humanity survive this onslaught? A gripping adventure written in semi-documentary style filled with scenes of flight, despair and panic this is also a very human story about pride, fear and the promise of recovery.
This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features a new introduction by author James Blaylock
H. G. Wells (1866-1946) is best remembered for his science fiction novels, which are considered classics of the genre, including The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898). He was born in Bromley, Kent, and worked as a teacher, before studying biology under Thomas Huxley in London.
Herbert George Wells, the son of a shopkeeper and a lady's maid, was born in Kent in 1866. A bookish child, his education was interrupted when he served a brief and gruelling apprenticeship to a draper. But Wells then went on to study biology under the great T. H. Huxley, before finding instant literary success in 1895 with the publication of his first 'scientific romance', The Time Machine . This was followed in quick succession by The Island of Dr Moreau , The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds . Wells also wrote extensively on social issues, history and science. He died in 1946.
Produktdetails
| Einband | gebundene Ausgabe |
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| Seitenzahl | 240 |
| Altersempfehlung | 18 - 99 Jahr(e) |
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.01.2017 |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| ISBN | 978-1-909621-54-1 |
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| Verlag | CRW Publishing |
| Maße (L/B/H) | 15.7/10.3/1.7 cm |
| Gewicht | 153 g |