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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
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Start date
March 1, 2012
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March 31, 2012
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Old School Classic Group Read, March 2012

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Jeff Koeppen
Jun 26, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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I'm surprised I hadn't read this before now. A true classic. It's amazing to think that a person born in 1866(!) wrote this before the 19th century ended. H.G. Wells was a man ahead of his time.

I listened to this on LibriVox and tried out all three versions before settling on Version 2 because I liked the narrator, Rebecca Dittman. Very well done. 4.5 stars. ...more
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