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This book felt really short and didn't feel too realistic in way. If it was longer and series than this would be a different review.
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This is an amazingly enjoyable novel. Although at times I wanted to shake our reckless protagonist, or at least redirect him {much as one wants to redirect the path of horror film characters away from the cellar, or the forest}, I still reveled in his high intellect and philosophizing. Even his mostly unexpressed contempt for the rest of humanity resonated. Then, too, the action! I have long read of the effect Orson Welles' radio broadcast caused: Marti ...more
This is an amazingly enjoyable novel. Although at times I wanted to shake our reckless protagonist, or at least redirect him {much as one wants to redirect the path of horror film characters away from the cellar, or the forest}, I still reveled in his high intellect and philosophizing. Even his mostly unexpressed contempt for the rest of humanity resonated. Then, too, the action! I have long read of the effect Orson Welles' radio broadcast caused: Marti ...more
I knew of this book and was aware of the music so I expected it to be a massive epic tale, so when the book arrived on my doorstep I was surprised that it was such a small book.
It is less about the martians and more about how humans cope under the circumstances, which I found very interesting and again not what I was expecting. It is incredible that this book was written so long ago and yet it refers to flying machines and poisonous gas used to cause harm. I don't want to give the ending away bu ...more
It is less about the martians and more about how humans cope under the circumstances, which I found very interesting and again not what I was expecting. It is incredible that this book was written so long ago and yet it refers to flying machines and poisonous gas used to cause harm. I don't want to give the ending away bu ...more
I read this book on my Ipod as it was free on an app. I have seen two films of this novel and I was expecting a really great read as I really enjoyed the movies. Also it is a very short novel so it didn't take very long to read.
The story starts just as Martians invade the Earth. The story follows one man as he tries to survive and come to terms with what is happening to Earth. It is a really great idea for a novel that was written long before sci-fi was a common thing to write about.
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The story starts just as Martians invade the Earth. The story follows one man as he tries to survive and come to terms with what is happening to Earth. It is a really great idea for a novel that was written long before sci-fi was a common thing to write about.
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Read the screenplay and saw the movie. But I am not much into science fiction, but I must admit that Steven Spielburg did a great job with the movie.
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