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The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells

Why we're reading this: #39 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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[close] #39 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...

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Jan 20, 2011 Andrew rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Okay guilty reading admission here - especially since I already have a couple of books on the go but I have recently been the War of the Worlds Immersive experience in London and I have to say that it re-fired my love for this story.

Yes many things can be said about the negative points of the story but for me this story has some remarkable connections from the first Science Fiction books I convinced my school to read and study in class the the musical version being played to death by my brother ...more

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Mar 14, 2012 Jim rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 1paper, 2fiction, scifi, 3classics

This is a classic that anyone even slightly interested in SF should read. Don't read it completely literally. Keep in mind the themes that it is espousing in its dated, stilted manner. It's short & has spawned so many spin-offs & hype that ignorance of what Wells actually wrote is a pity. There is a lot more to this novel than just first alien contact or apocalypse. The man(soldier)-in-the-street POV & our salvation inspire a lot of thought even today - make that especially today. Yes, parts are ...more

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