Shooting stars tear across the night sky, then a gigantic artificial cylinder descends from Mars to land near London. Inquisitive locals gather round, only to be struck down by a murderous Heat-Ray. Giant destructive machines disgorge from the cylinder, destroying everything in their path on a merciless march towards the capital. Can humanity survive this Martian onslaught?

A gripping adventure written in semi-documentary style, The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is the seminal man versus machine adventure which has inspired countless science fiction stories and novels.

This Macmillan Collector's Library edition of The War of the Worlds contains an introduction by author James P. Blaylock.

Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.
Portrait: 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.

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Einband	gebundene Ausgabe
Seitenzahl	240
Altersempfehlung	18 - 99
Erscheinungsdatum	26.01.2017
Sprache	Englisch

ISBN	978-1-909621-54-1
Reihe	Macmillan Collector's Library
Verlag	CRW Publishing
Maße (L/B/H)	15.7/10.3/1.7 cm
Gewicht	154 g

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A short book but not so quick read: von einer Kundin/einem Kunden am 27.09.2019; Bewertet: Format: eBook (ePUB); 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... weiterlesen 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. weniger

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