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The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells

Start date: July 1, 2015

Finish date: July 31, 2015

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* Welcome to War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells!
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Jul 09, 2015 Ebster Davis rated it liked it

I was expecting a bit more horror (It's basically the grandpappy of all disaster-flicks) but this story came across as an old-school Michael Crition book. In the edition I read from, there's even a post script by Issac Asimov, talking about the scientific feasibility of the whole scenario, and the psycho-social implications of the story and the allusions to british imperialism (It was very interesting!)

At the end of the story its revealed that the guy all this stuff is happening to is a philosop ...more

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Mar 13, 2015 Vera rated it really liked it

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This was a really old edition (1968) but of course the story doesn't change. I knew what was going to happen, but still a good read after not getting around to it was years. The word pictures he paints of what the main character saw were striking. ...more

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