جنگ دنیاها

by Ian Edginton, H.G. Wells, رضا مرتضوی (Translator)

موجودات فضایی همیشه برای انسانی که در کرهٔ خاکی زندگی می‌کرد جزو معماها و اسراری بود که درباره آنها دوست داشت بیشتر بداند. در اواخر قرن نوزدهم میلادی، حتی به مخیله هیچ انسانی خطور نمی‌کرد که موجوداتی هوشمندتر از انسان‌های کره زمین بادقت و هوشیاری، دنیای انسان‌ها را مدت‌هاست که زیر نظر گرفته‌اند. آنها مانند کسی که به تماشای موجودات میکروسکوپی درحال‌رشد درون یک قطره آب نشسته، انسان‌های از همه‌جا بی‌خبر را بادقت مطالعه و بررسی می‌کردند. این در حالی بود که انسان‌های کره زمین با خوشحالی و بی‌خیالی روی این کرهٔ خاکی رفت و آمد می‌کردند و به خیال خودشان بر دیگر کرات کهکشان غلبه پیدا کرده بودند. هیچ‌کس کرات دیگر را خطرناک نمی‌دانست و به احتمال وجود زندگی در آنها فکر نمی‌کرد. با این همه در پهنه‌های بیکران فضا، موجوداتی هوشمند اما بی‌رحم چشم طمع به کرهٔ زمین دوخته بودند و نقشه‌های شومی علیه مردمان این کرهٔ خاکی می‌کشیدند و آن را به آهستگی و آرامی پیش می‌بردند.
سیارهٔ مریخ، سیارهٔ سرخ رنگی که در ۶۴ میلیون کیلومتری زمین قرار گرفته توجه ستاره‌شناسان را به خود جلب می‌کند. و آن‌ها در جستجوی آن هستند که بدانند در مریخ زندگی جریان دارد و شهاب‌هایی که به سمت زمین شلیک می‌شود آیا یک نشانه و علامت از سوی ساکنان این سیاره است؟! فوران‌های آتشفشان بر سطح مریخ موجب نگرانی دانشمندان می‌شود آنها در پی یافتن راه‌حلی برای این موضوع بر می‌آیند.
جنگ دنیاها نشانهٔ تسخیر فضا توسط انسان است. رویدادی که به واقعیت پیوست.

Genres: Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Comics, Classics, Fiction, Steampunk, Science Fiction Fantasy

64 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Edginton sees part of the key to his success coming from good relationships with artists, especially D'Israeli and Steve Yeowell as well as Steve Pugh and Mike Collins. He is best known for his steampunk/alternative history work (often with the artist D'Israeli) and is the co-creator of Scarlet Traces, a sequel to their adaptation of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. With 2000 AD we has written Leviathan, Stickleback and, with art by Steve Yeowell, The Red Seas as well as one-off serials such as American Gothic (2005).

His stories often have a torturous gestation. Scarlet Traces was an idea he had when first reading The War of the Worlds, its first few instalments appeared on Cool Beans website, before being serialised in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Also The Red Seas was initially going to be drawn by Phil Winslade and be the final release by Epic but Winslade was still tied up with Goddess and when ideas for replacement artists were rejected Epic was finally wound up - the series only re-emerging when Edginton was pitching ideas to Matt Smith at the start of his 2000 AD career.

With D'Israeli he has created a number of new series including Stickleback, a tale of a strange villain in an alternative Victorian London, and Gothic, which he describes as "Mary Shelley's Doc Savage". With Simon Davis he recently worked on a survival horror series, Stone Island, and he has also produced a comic version of the computer game Hellgate: London with Steve Pugh.

He is currently working on a dinosaurs and cowboys story called Sixgun Logic. Also as part of Top Cow's Pilot Season he has written an Angelus one-shot.

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Reviews

[Jocelyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Review

This anthology was born from a question that nagged the editor Ian Edginton for years about The War of the Worlds, “What happened to all that Martian technology after the war?” Eventually this question led to him and illustrator Matt Brooker creating a Scarlet Traces comic book series set ten years after the failed Martian invasion. The ever productive Victorians reverse engineered the Martian technology and adapted it to suit their needs, preventing the British Empire from collapsing as it eventually did within our timeline.

This continuation from H.G. Wells’ classic opened the door for an endless amount of tales and with this collection, other authors have now taken up their pens to contribute. With any short story collection, some stories will be stronger than others, some will appeal to certain readers while others won’t. What you hope for overall is a collection that, when put together, creates a wonderful narrative. I never used to be a big short story reader, but over this past year I’ve tried reading more and for the most part I have been pleasantly surprised. This collection was no exception.

A few familiar people make their way into the stories, including poet T.S. Eliot and literary detective extraordinaire Sherlock Holmes. It was pretty delightful reading their Martian adventures, not the least of which because these were two of the most humorous stories.

So many subjects were broached throughout Scarlet Traces, ranging from immigration and racism, to the effects of automation, to trying to live in a brave new world. One story in particular stuck out for me, Voice for a Generation by Nathan Duck. It takes place in Birmingham, UK which is actuality is a city in England with a vibrant immigrant population. In Voice for a Generation, a young Venusian refugee living in Birmingham faces not only rejection and hatred from the English, but also has to reconcile the life he had before to the one he has now. Like many immigrants, he has to find a balance between the societal and cultural norms of his homeland and adopted country. He doesn’t want to upset his family, but he also doesn’t want to be restricted to expectations that no longer fit with living on Earth. So many immigrants or children of immigrants face these types of struggles, desperately wanting to find a way to live within both worlds.

Another story that stuck out for me was The Mechanical Marionette Mob by Maura McHugh. Using Martian technology to create animatronic puppets, an engineer of sorts named Belsa puts on puppet shows in an old London theater. Her latest production, “Britain Repels the Martian Invasion,” is about the Martian invasion, set as a valiant knight fighting a (Martian) dragon of sorts. The descriptions of the puppet show were epic:

“The tentacles whip at the champion but it swings its sword, and SNAP, the tentacles separate from the machine, to fall and flip on the ground like beheaded snakes.”

“The knight jumps lightly from the defeated machine and lands in centre state. Its armour splits and falls off, revealing a beautiful woman with shining golden tresses- is it Britannia! The land itself has repelled the invader.”

I seriously want to see this show. However, the heart of the story was about the influence of Martian technology on humans. Is all this technology really for the betterment of Earth? Many stories in this collection touch upon this, and on how rapidly the economic landscape of the world changed as more and more jobs were lost to automation- decades before it actually happened within our world. While the Martian innovations are great for some, they’re not always great for all.

Final Thoughts

With short stories, it’s more difficult than in a novel to set a full picture or do as much world building to draw readers in. There were some stories that took a few pages for me to feel like I knew what was going on, but for the most part I was able to fully take in what the authors were trying to convey.

If you haven’t read The War of the Worlds, as long as you know the basic premise you’ll get a lot from this anthology, especially if science fiction is your cup of tea. Those who have read it will definitely get more from the stories. Even today, The War of the Worlds holds up as an impressive piece of science fiction, more so when you take into account when it was written. Obviously we know now there are no tentacled Martians plotting against us, but aside from that it’s still a fantastic read over a hundred years on. The only parts that were hard to stomach were the various townspeople going off on ethnocentric and Euro-skeptic tangents. Those sentiments are still rampant here today and it’s depressing to see that over a century later not much has changed in that regard.

However, this is a review of Scarlet Traces so I had better get back to it! It was a fascinating collection that expertly expanded upon a staple within science fiction literature. Vastly different, the stories all had the same underlying theme: that humans are always in pursuit of advancement, but whether or not it is for the good of humanity… only time will tell.

Read my full review on my blog!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for a review

[Ali]

ترجیح میدم نمره‌ای به کتاب ندم چون نسخه‌ای که خوندم، خلاصه بود(این موضوع رو بعد خوندن کتاب فهمیدم) ولی این نسخه خلاصه، واقعا زیادی ساده بود و حس می‌کنم اصل کتاب، چیز خیلی بیشتری برای ارائه داره.

[Evelina | AvalinahsBooks · Rating 2 out of 5]

How I read this: Free ebook copy received through NetGalley

2.5 stars

I wish I could say I enjoyed this book - especially with how excited I was to be approved for a copy on NetGalley. I'm still thankful to the publisher for sharing it with me, but reading the book was... a chore.

I loved War of the Worlds - and perhaps that was my mistake - I expected some of the same. But of course, such "spin-offs" can never be the same. It had none of the "horses, buggies and violent aliens" feel - it's more like it's all just regular steampunk. That, and I also tend to never enjoy short stories anyway. So I don't know what I was thinking.

The stories bored me, and I don't entirely know why. Some of them were good. But most of them were a chore to get through. A lot of them felt like something was missing, but of course not all.

And the thing I flat out HATED was how Tesla and Edison both were vilified in the last story. And Tesla was given an embarrassing "evil foreign guy" accent. Ugh. NO.

I thank the publisher for giving me a free copy of the ebook in exchange to my honest review. This has not affected my opinion.

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[Andrew · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first thing I need to say about this book is that although it states it is an anthology of the War of the Worlds it needs a little refinement - you see Ian Edginton was part of a team that created a comic strip based on what happened AFTER the end of the War of the Worlds - namely Scarlet traces.

I am a huge fan of the series and it has certainly presented some interesting ideas and stories - however this anthology is based within that universe and has a number of stories which draw on ideas presented there and not necessarily from the original H G Wells book.

So here you have a series of stories with varying encounters and influences taken from the world of Scarlet traces which go from the horrific to the sublime. You can definitely see the various authors styles which I think helped flesh out this anthology.

Now for a fan of the original book as well as the graphic novel series I really enjoyed it however for someone to come in to this book "cold" I can imagine it might be a different situation - so if such a thing exists this really is a book for the fans - but being one I really don't mind at all.

[BellaGBear · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting take on the story. Nothing meets the musical though :D Cause singing about an alien invasions is one of the best unpredictable topics for a musical

[Fred Hughes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always a pleasure reading these interpretations and graphic novel take on classic science fiction

[Dr. des. Siobhán · Rating 4 out of 5]

*I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thanks for the free book.*

If you like H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds", you will like this compilation that is set after the Marsian invasion has taken place. You will meet Sherlock Holmes, T.S. Eliot, Tesla and many more well known personell from literature in addition to new inventions.

I did not enjoy all of the short stories in these compilations. Some were too short, some too long, and others just couldn't surprise me. Then again, the Marsian version of T.S. Eliot's "Wasteland" is superb and blew my mind. I also quite liked the Sherlock Holmes story.

4 Stars!

[Graham Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Read in 2007, review from 2026)

This was a pretty good adaptation of the book. I liked seeing how the various aspects of the Martians (the aliens themselves, the tripods, etc) were adapted. It was a nice contrast to both the 1950s adaptation and the Tom Cruise one and get to see the story depicted in the original time period.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well drawn, but the script felt vague and a little shallow. Perhaps I'd have more of an impression if I'd ever read the original story, but all I know is various cartoon and genre fiction homages to Wells' story.

[Ahdom · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a very fast read, but a nice visual companion to the novel. While the artwork didn't blow me away and the story was chopped up to fit nicely into a short graphic novel version, I still found it enjoyable.

[Dory · Rating 2 out of 5]

After recently reading War of the Worlds, I was interested in seeing someone's pictorial interpretation, so I appreciated the ability to do that. But I don't think I would have understood this graphic novel if I hadn't just read the book; I think there was just too much missing.

[Andy Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun graphic version of Wells' novel that I used when teaching the text in school years ago.

[Chris Browning · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good - if somewhat brisk - version of the classic novel which works as an excellent prelude for the story Edginton and D’Israeli are still continuing in Scarlet Traces

[Jesús · Rating 3 out of 5]

A worthy adaptation of the classic

[Tessa Clipperton · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay, I had trouble following the story but that was probably just my mindset at the moment. Definatly a quick read, maybe 15-20 minutes at the most. The cutest aliens ever too

[Love triangles are stupid · Rating 3 out of 5]

*3.5, not really a graphic novel fan

[Richard Bryant · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collections of short stories are a mainstay of science fiction; they come in many guises; year’s bests, newcomers, stories based on a theme (apocalyptic, military SF etc), translations and anthologies inspired by past greats.

This collection of stories falls into the last category as all stories are inspired by H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds and, more specifically, how the events of that book affected life in Britain, at the turn of the 20th Century, after the failure of the Martian invasion.

War of the Worlds arose from a discussion Wells had with his brother Frank about the impact of British imperialism on indigenous Tasmanians. Invasion literature was popular at the time and Wells work can be seen as a commentary on evolutionary theory (Wells was taught by T.H. Huxley, a major advocate of Darwinism), British Imperialism and Victorian fears and prejudices.

Ian Edginton, the editor of this collection, was attracted by the lack of hero in the original book. The protagonist was an unnamed ‘everyman’. As Edginton points out, the protagonist ‘had a day job’.

Edginton has previously written a comic book, called Scarlet Traces, in which Martian technology was ‘reverse engineered’ to serve the British Empire.

The first story is by Stephen Baxter, whose own book ‘The Massacre of Mankind’ was released in 2017 as a sequel to War of the Worlds. Baxter’s story is entitled ‘Going up the blue’, which is a reference to the blue gel that soldiers are immersed in to protect them and provide oxygen in flight to Mars. The British Empire is taking the fight to Mars in a show of jingoism and hubris. The main protagonists are two women, Diane Simms and Bea Currie; the viewpoint switches between Operation Stumps, a battle with the Martians and a future in which the outcome of the battle is examined and a sinister secret revealed.

‘Something sweet in the superstitions’ by I.N.J. Culbard is a well constructed tale of an American door-to-door salesman hawking knock-off Martian technology. Trying to escape his past he seems only to succeed in losing his pride.

‘The Martian Waste Land’ by Adam Roberts features T.S Eliot, who is told by the government that he is in demand with the Martians. He is also told that his modernist poetry could literally be lethal to the Martians and is asked to carry out a recital for the greater good of the Empire. However, there is a case of mistaken identity. Roberts story is farcical and funny.

Emma Beeby is a comic-book writer and author. Her story, ‘The Menagerie’ is an exciting tale about a young Scottish girl, Coira and her toddler brother, Brodie. Their parents run a pub and are fighting English oppression of Scotland at night. Coira has made toys and other gadgets out of found Martian technology, some of it still dangerous. Coira’s relationship with her little brother is touching. Beeby crams in a lot of action in a limited environment.

‘Voice for a Generation’ by Nathan Duck, takes as it’s theme the Martian invasion of Venus that was hinted at in War of the Worlds. Wilf is a Venusian boy whose family of refugees is living in Birmingham in 1967. Wilf and his family experience prejudice and racism. Wilf also feels stifled by the expectations of his family which severely limit his ambitions. This has the feel of a 1960’s ‘kitchen sink’ drama.

Mark Morris’ ‘Spitting Blood’ is a gothic horror featuring ‘Dune’ like giant worms as well as flesh-eating zombies.

‘The Mechanical Marionette Mob’ by Maura McHugh (that’s some serious alliteration!) tells the story of Belsa who operates a mechanical puppet show with her associate Waldo. Belsa is highly talented in the use of Martian technology for making robots and prosthetic limbs. Waldo’s respect and love for Belsa is, he feels, not reciprocated. Belsa is approached by a lady called Gisela and her associate Eldon who wishes to get Belsa’s help in making life-like robots as playthings for rich clients. Belsa refuses and both she and Waldo are put in mortal danger. As well as War of the Worlds, this story also takes in the vivisectionist themes of Wells’ The Island of Dr Moreau. This is a multi-faceted and absorbing story.

This is a good collection of stories in which the writers have clearly had fun and addressed issues that might have followed the Martian invasion of Britain. Many of the themes still seem current, such as alienation caused by modern technology, discrimination and fear of outsiders. This is a recommended read.

Scarlet Traces is released by Abaddon Books in September.

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Scarlet Traces: A War of the Worlds Anthology is a new collection of short fiction based on The War of the Worlds . Edited by Ian Edginton, released 3rd Sept 2019 from Abaddon, it's 325 pages and available in hardcover and ebook formats.

I've been intrigued by The War of the Worlds for decades and have re-visited it regularly since that first reading when I was a youngster, so I was excited to see a collection of shorter fiction set in the timeline of H.G. Wells' classic. This collection, as far as I have been able to find out, is comprised of 12 previously unpublished shorter works, along with an introduction by the editor/curator. The authors are a mixed lot, some previously familiar to me and some were new (to me). One thing I love about anthologies is the potential to find new authors to follow. I tend to read anthologies like chocolate samplers; one story at a time, so this one has taken a while to read.

The stories are varied, there were (as always) some which didn't grab me personally, but all were well written and competently plotted. They were mostly in the 4 star range(ish) with a couple of really standout stories. The first story in the grouping was Going Up the Blue, by Stephen Baxter, a ripping yarn with a gut-punch payoff, and Voice for a Generation by (new, to me) Nathan Duck about the perennial chasm-balancing first generation immigrant kids face, torn between two worlds (in this case literally). These were both very solid stories and I will be keeping an additional eye out in future for these and several of the other authors in this collection.

It's unclear from the publishing info available online, but the eARC I received has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references. I hope the ebook release version does also. I've really become enamored of ebooks with interactive formats lately. Presumably that feature has carried through to the final release version.

This is a well curated solid collection of stories in the 3-5 star range. The two above-mentioned were both 5 stars for me.

Four stars on average. It's a diverting read.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

[Frank Racz · Rating 5 out of 5]

For me what makes a really good graphic novel are the illustrations. Being a reader who has focused primarily upon literature in the past I find the heavily abridged text in graphic novels to require some getting used to. At this stage in my graphic novel reading career I focus on the "graphic" aspect of these books.

This rendition of the H.G. Wells book is a title practically anyone would be familiar with. I may have come across this book in my youth in the form of an abridged young adult version. Needless to say that was some years ago, so I had no idea what to expect from this graphic novel rendition of the classic.

I was not the least disappointed. The story is fascinating, and the illustrations are the best I have seen to date, though I must admit I have only read a few graphic novels. The book itself is pristine and elegant, and it would certainly be a good recommendation to a reluctant reader as this book is one of the most well designed hardcover books I have come across in some time.

The novel does lend to a nostalgic classical literature theme, and being someone who has preferentially read this genre for some years there is something to be admired in rendering a classic such as The War Of The Worlds and creating a graphic novel out of it. One can certainly see how not a quite faithful attempt at creating an intelligent graphic novel would lead such a graphic novel to being an utter failure. This is not the case with this book as it is easy to complete in one read, yet I had absolutely no desire to put the book down for any reason. As a prospective teacher I will certainly keep this title in mind and look for others from the same imprint.

[Tricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this right after finishing The War of the Worlds (in ebook and print, depending on whether or not we had electric lights that night!). Sometimes they were using direct quotes, but mostly it was adaptation. That was fine, except it wasn't clear when you were getting the brother's perspective. I understand that they would have to condense some of the storyline to fit within this format, but some of the timeline changes seemed unnecessary. On the positive side, much of the objectionable social darwinism attitude of Wells has been removed. Graphically, the story was wonderful. The use of color was very evocative of the mood (or setting) of the story. The red weed wasn't what I expected (not as curly as I'd imagined! or maybe I wanted intricate leaves?) but that is a minor quibble. My 13yo son initially objected to the tripods - he felt the neck joints were wrong, but after some time he decided they were okay.

After reading this, you owe it to yourself to read their Scarlet Traces - a mystery/thriller set (mostly) in London 10 years after The War of the Worlds.

[Pablo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic concept, fantastic collection! I really enjoyed this one, front to back. The concept was new to (wish I had thought of it, though). Sure, I've come across sequels to classic works before, and I don't just mean fan fiction. This isn't made-for-TV sequel material - this isn't just WAR OF THE WORLDS 2 as a rehash of the original. This is true what-if territory. What really would happen after WOTW ended? Well, people would start to investigate the dead Martians and the equipment they brought with them. These stories all start from there.

Some are good, some are great, a few fall flat but not too badly. A few pull in Sherlock Holmes or other classic characters (one offers a new twist on Jack the Ripper), and nearly all happen within the first 20 years after the original. There are some missed opportunities, too, like where are the foreign spies trying to get their hands on the Brits' Martian goods?

I would read a sequel to this, and I would read longer works in this vein. How about taking on TIME TIME MACHINE or DR. MOREAU next?

[Bruce Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection of post War of the Worlds shorts. It ties in with the Scarlet Traces comic currently being published in the pages of 2000ad (writen by collection editor Ian Edgington). The first story is by a guy called Stephen Baxter who apparently wrote the official War of the Worlds sequel (though I’ve no idea if that was any good though it's on my "to read" list).

Quality varies from ok to dull and only occasionally exciting. Everything feels lightweight and there’s nothing really done in terms of world building in any of the stories (which I think may be due to the nature of the collection and that the stories are based on an existing property).

The last two stories – dealing with the history of mars and the impact of British tech supremacy on the US – turned out to be the best. Boosted the collections rating from 2/5 to 3/5.

[Charl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Generally I like anthologies, because while I may get one or two clunkers, I usually get at least a couple of gems, and the rest at least worth reading.

But this one really let me down. I like "The War of the Worlds" in almost all of its incarnations, so the idea of a collection of post-war stories intrigued me. But there's not a single gem in this entire collection. The best story of all, "Spitting Blood", was interesting, but not terribly exciting. None of the stories rise above lackluster, like the authors were doing them as assignments rather than because they wanted to, and the collection left me wondering why I bothered finishing it.

If you're a War of the Worlds fan, too, I won't say it's not worth reading. I just wouldn't set my heights too high. And if you're not a WotW fan, I'd definitely say don't bother.

[Artur Coelho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ian Edginton assina uma fiel adaptação da obra clássica de Wells, sem desvios à obra original. O ilustrador D'Israeli acompanha o argumento com um estilo gráfico ainda algo incipiente, a misturar fin de siècle com steampunk mas com pouco investimento em detalhe ou concretização visual do mundo ficcional da obra. Notável por ter sido criada como webcomic e depois levada a publicação em livro, esta graphic novel foi o ponto de partida para a série Scarlet Traces onde Edginton explora um mundo pós-invasão marciana e o estilo de D'Israeli se desenvolve plenamente em vinhetas de assinalável espectacularidade que se tornaram marcos gráficos do estilo steampunk.

[Kaffa · Rating 1 out of 5]

"Hey, I've got a good idea!" The book company owner said to his little artist, "let's repackage a timeless classic and make it a seventy page comic book for kiddies!"

The Artist grinned a horrific grin, "Wowee, that's a great way to reel in the dough!"

And thus began the creation of this waste of natural resources. Ruining one of H. G. Wells' greatest achievements. It's sad that the illiteracy of America has lowered to such a degree that we now need to repackage classics into comic books. I advise anyone who can read to avoid this and read the real thing.

[Kaethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

In some regards, Wells is a horrible writer. Much of the action takes place offstage and has to be reported to us. Gratuitous coincidences. A weird love/hate relationship with humanity and the future.

Since by now the story is old hat, I don't really have anything to say about that. Edginton's graphics do give the material a fresh feeling. The images of devastation bring back a little of the power the work must once have held. I particularly liked the wounded face of our hero for keeping the pain always in my mind.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nicely done. D'israelis illustrations are superb. Probably my favorite rendition of the Martian tripod machines. The adaptation is true to the original, hitting all the important points of the plot. Edginton has resisted the urge to tinker with Wells' plot, as some other adaptors have done, letting the original speak for itself.

I also highly recommend Scarlet Traces, Edginton and D'Israeli's sequel to War of the Worlds.

[Derek Royal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I knew that Ian Edginton has done a lot of adaptation work in comics, but I had never read this one before. He and D'Israeli do a great job of translating this classic story to comics form. And interestingly enough, this was created after the original sequel to Wells's tale, Scarlet Traces. We're having Edginton on the interview show, so I wanted to get several works of his under my belt that I hadn't previously been familiar with.

[Rhys Causon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collection of short stories based on the world of War of the Worlds, favourites being the Sherlock Holmes story, Venusian civil rights, and the spy story (that also had a taste of Sherlock Holmes for me).

However some stories dragged and some I pretty much skipped most of because they didn’t grab my attention. But that’s why I like short story collections, mixed styles and I never know what I’m gonna like.

[Chunkymonkey12]

aliens come to attack the earth becuase thier home an planet mars is coming to an end and they need a newer, better place to live:
Thirty-five million miles into space, a species of martians sets eyes on planet Earth. With thier own planet doomed for destruction, the Martians prepare to invade.Thier weapons are ready and thier aim is ruthless.
The war of the worlds are about to begin.