false 497179 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 497179 26 1156369 12 4 1968 The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds total:251|5:74|4:84|3:73|2:18|1:2| 251 963 354 23 880695 3.62 33765 2115 16066202 932314 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.83 237
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 2 1 false Mon Jun 16 05:02:44 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 22 05:03:53 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 16 05:02:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 75629983 2798969 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 5 0 false Sun Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 24 19:19:51 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 09:16:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50903307 376475 1467377 003056476X 9780030564765 1 <![CDATA[The Time Machine and 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/1467377.The_Time_Machine_and_The_War_of_the_Worlds 2.00 1 Journey with the Time Traveller to the distant future where the beautiful, decadent Eloi and the vile Morlocks hold the earth in their sway.

The War of the Worlds remains the definitive tale of the first encounter and clash of alien and human civilizations. When the Martian cylinders fall from the sky and release the terrible tripod fighting machines, it seems that earth's invaders are bent entirely on the extermination of humanity.

]]> 1968 2 0 false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 07:04:51 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 08:18:51 -0700 2009
I know these stories are classic, and I know he was writing in the 1890s, but does the narrator have to spend half of his time talking about how he's better than everyone else, and the other half fretting about humankind becoming less "manly"?

...more...]]> 19711372 322845 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 0 0 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Apr 08 06:50:12 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 12:09:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 68937308 1343864 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 4 0 false Wed Aug 26 07:01:40 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 19:41:39 -0700 2009 53844596 1047226 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 3 0 false Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Apr 24 12:57:20 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 03 08:33:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 22228758 1120843 698907 0957886861 9780957886865 1 <![CDATA[The Time Machine and War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177378515m/698907.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177378515s/698907.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/698907.The_Time_Machine_and_War_of_the_Worlds 4.00 3 Journey with the Time Traveller to the distant future where the beautiful, decadent Eloi and the vile Morlocks hold the earth in their sway.

The War of the Worlds remains the definitive tale of the first encounter and clash of alien and human civilizations. When the Martian cylinders fall from the sky and release the terrible tripod fighting machines, it seems that earth's invaders are bent entirely on the extermination of humanity.

]]> 1968 4 0 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed May 14 08:08:20 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 08:17:17 -0700 2008 As usual, I found the book far, far more absorbing than the three movie versions I've seen. The first person narration gives an immediacy to the terrifying scenes of aliens stomping around England and gobbli...more...]]> 55731676 807485 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 3 0 false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 17:58:54 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 19:26:58 -0700 2009 54771350 354052 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 4 0 false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 06:31:41 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 11:39:15 -0700 2009 54490756 2121849 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 0 0 false Thu Apr 30 11:40:12 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 11:40:55 -0700 2009 43184479 1899902 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 0 0 false Thu Jan 15 17:25:29 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 17:27:06 -0800 2009 7435990 514244 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 5 0 false Mon Oct 08 12:45:05 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 08 12:49:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 30345251 782886 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 5 0 false Sat Aug 16 19:59:44 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 16 20:04:37 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50171933 2136508 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 2 0 false Mon Mar 23 09:19:41 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 14:19:11 -0700 2009 2065437 46355 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 3 0 false Sun Jun 17 19:11:15 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 21:50:03 -0800 2009 16225210 922428 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 3 0 false Sat Feb 23 23:14:46 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 23:22:42 -0800 2008 14392347 412365 455105 8188280313 9788188280315 1 <![CDATA[Time Machine & the War of the World]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/455105.Time_Machine_the_War_of_the_World 5.00 1
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 5 0 false Sat Feb 02 15:09:58 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 20 13:21:05 -0800 2008 19480591 1031030 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 4 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 17:31:56 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 17:35:02 -0700 2008 67905036 1311180 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 2 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 11:18:45 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 13:18:13 -0700 2009 14230538 847095 497179 0449300439 9780449300435 20 <![CDATA[The Time Machine/The War of the Worlds]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524m/497179.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255795524s/497179.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/497179.The_Time_Machine_The_War_of_the_Worlds 3.84 251
Scientific visionary. Social prophet. Master storyteller. Few novelists have captivated generations of readers like H. G. Wells. In enduring, electrifying detail, he takes us to dimensions of time and space that have haunted our dreams for centuries -- and shows us ourselves as we really are.

The time machine

In the heart of Victorian England, an inquisitve gentleman known only as the Time Traveler constructs an elaborate invention that hurtles him hundreds of thousands of years into the future. There he finds himself in the violent center of the ultimate conflict between beings of light and creatures of darkness.

The war of the worlds

Martians invade Great Britain, laying waste turn-of-the-century London. This tale of conquest by superior beings with superadvanced technology is so nightmarishly real that an adaptation by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater sent hundreds of impressionable radio listeners into panicked flight forty years after the story's original publication.]]> 1968 0 0 false Thu Jan 31 19:47:50 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 31 19:48:31 -0800 2008 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=497179