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This was different than I expected. I was expecting a "World War Z" type book but with Martians instead of zombies. I guess that is because I've heard parts of the famous War of the Worlds radio show so I expected this to read like a news report.
Anyway, I think this, and H.G. Well's writing in general, has stood the test of time quite well.
There were only a few times that the dated language threw me out of the story, i.e. "His landlady came to the door, loosely wrapped in dressing gown and sha ...more
Anyway, I think this, and H.G. Well's writing in general, has stood the test of time quite well.
There were only a few times that the dated language threw me out of the story, i.e. "His landlady came to the door, loosely wrapped in dressing gown and sha ...more
This has been on my to be read list, and I enjoyed it. It was a book ahead of its time, an interesting look at aliens from mars coming to take over the earth. Good and entertaining.
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