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This daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust, and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of "vast and cool and unsympathetic" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking, and chilling, The War of the Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.]]> 8909 220 3194841 book 1898 The War of the Worlds total:9318|5:1793|4:3459|3:3091|2:808|1:167| 9318 33857 12543 544 880695 3.62 33823 2120 2262442 138082 652083 0812505158 9780812505153 15 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239112320m/652083.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239112320s/652083.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/652083.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.57 102 In the War of the Worlds, will Earth be the Loser?

They came from outer space - Mars, to be exact.

With deadly heat-rays and giant fighting machines they want to conquer Earth and keep humans as their slaves.

Nothing seems to stop them as they spread terror and death across the planet. It is the start of the most important war in Earth's history.

And Earth will never be the same.

TOR Books presents the Original, Complete and Unabridged classic novel War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells.]]> 1898 4 7 false Fri Jun 22 13:07:18 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:22:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 32008425 637062 222373 0451522761 9780451522764 23 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172846503m/222373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172846503s/222373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222373.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 272 Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler

]]> 1898 5 5 false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 04 11:29:26 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 24 12:24:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 12199738 733629 455128 1593080859 9781593080853 4 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174923232m/455128.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174923232s/455128.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/455128.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.77 44 H. G. Wells had first penned the story: The War of the Worlds, a science-fiction classic that endures in our collective subconscious.

Deeply concerned with the welfare of contemporary society, Wells wrote his novel of interplanetary conflict in anticipation of war in Europe, and in it he predicted the technological savagery of twentieth century warfare. Playing expertly on worldwide security fears, The War of the Worlds grips readers with its conviction that invasion can happen anytime, anywhere—even in our own backyard.
</div>]]> 1898 4 3 false Sun Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 17:42:32 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 17:25:53 -0800 2008 more...]]> 8143461 572915 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 7714 1898 4 4 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 23 14:03:24 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 19:07:56 -0700 2007
But not only is this book a great example of science...more...]]> 7714980 544124 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 4 3 false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Oct 14 13:56:22 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 13:59:05 -0700 2007
Except for the movie's Death Ray. The book the Martians used a Heat Ray thing. Think of a giant hairdryer set to "Sear - Cajun Style". Not as cool as a ray that turns people to dust and levels buildings.

...more...]]> 2847926 160148 536353 0141441038 9780141441030 17 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619430m/536353.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619430s/536353.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536353.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.78 174 -Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a list of further reading, and detailed notes
-Brian Aldiss's introduction considers the novel's view of religion and society

]]> 1898 4 2 false Sun Jul 08 20:19:48 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 20:28:18 -0700 2007 more...]]> 22762987 1061721 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 4 1 false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 22 12:29:07 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 13:21:34 -0700 2008 "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own."

The Good: I was happy to read this book as it's on my BTRBID list. It describes the inv...more...]]> 21917407 1116185 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 5 1 false Tue May 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 06:33:13 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 12:02:09 -0700 2008
Written in first person from the account of a survivor of the attack (who is n...more...]]> 19891779 320190 33542 1590171586 9781590171585 8 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168448215m/33542.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168448215s/33542.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33542.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 270 The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that is both startlingly up-to-date and in touch with the most ancient of human illustrationfears.

In 1960, Edward Gorey prepared a set of his inimitable pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate a new edition of Wells's The War of the Worlds for the legendary Looking Glass Library. Characteristically quirky, elegant, and entrancing, Gorey's visual take on Wells's seminal tour de force has been unavailable for close to fifty years. This special hardcover edition from NYRB Classics brings back for today's readers a richly rewarding collaboration between two modern masters of all that's wonderful and strange.]]> 1898 5 1 false Thu Apr 10 15:39:28 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 15:39:28 -0700 2008
Stately, economical prose, sometimes reaching delightful peaks of intensity and suspense. Grand, cleanly-thought-out ideas whose full expression produces in the reader a sense...more...]]> 11812573 291189 222373 0451522761 9780451522764 23 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172846503m/222373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172846503s/222373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222373.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler

]]> 1898 5 1 false Tue Feb 12 10:07:03 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 15:51:45 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 06:11:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 6081924 225734 536353 0141441038 9780141441030 17 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619430m/536353.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175619430s/536353.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/536353.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 -Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, a list of further reading, and detailed notes
-Brian Aldiss's introduction considers the novel's view of religion and society

]]> 1898 4 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 01:13:55 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 15:45:43 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5191442 145461 222373 0451522761 9780451522764 23 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172846503m/222373.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172846503s/222373.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222373.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler

]]> 1898 4 1 true Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Mon Aug 27 16:01:34 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 06 14:05:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 15302576 161784 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 5 1 false Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Feb 12 21:30:45 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 21:41:51 -0800 2008 more...]]> 50195760 2154767 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 4 1 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:43:51 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 12:46:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 10561779 174013 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 4 1 false Sun Jul 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 17 09:29:52 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 01 00:56:42 -0700 2008 I haven't been a fan of alien-ist lit, at all - and I really don't know why since I love folklore/mythology. Why is it easier to accept eightlegged creatures that have created the world and put the sun in its place, than little green critters from Mars?

Anyhow - this has been on my ...more...]]> 44582880 831001 2772138 0195854667 9780195854664 1 <![CDATA[War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2772138.War_of_the_Worlds 3.75 4 Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler

]]> 1898 4 1 false Mon Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 18:45:43 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 23:19:37 -0800 2009 44206129 1951117 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 2 0 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 24 14:48:22 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 14:50:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 38853725 1758438 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 3 0 true Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 00:40:23 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 00:42:03 -0800 2008 1 Thursday, November 27, 2008
The War of the Worlds **

By H.G. Wells
First Tor Edition: October 1988
p. 204 including intros and conclusion

The original date of publishing is not mentioned for some reason, but in the introduction it says that the book origin...more...]]> 81344821 3053939 8909 0375759239 9780375759239 394 <![CDATA[The War of the Worlds]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8909.The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.63 9318 1898 3 0 false Thu Dec 17 18:03:48 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 18:03:57 -0800 2009
Anyway, I did enjoy War of the Worlds. I had a hard time wrapping some parts of it around my min...more...]]> 77999444 2269105 420876 0786129093 9780786129096 1 <![CDATA[The War Of The Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174589830m/420876.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174589830s/420876.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/420876.The_War_Of_The_Worlds 3.33 6 This spellbinding tale describes the Martian invasion of earth. Following the landing in England of ten huge and indefatigable creatures, complete chaos erupts. Using their fiery heat rays and monstrous strength, the heartless aliens threaten the future existence of all life on earth.

This classic chiller, when adapted for radio in 1938 by Orson Welles, was realistic enough to cause widespread panic throughout the United States.

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