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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 12, 2015 Whitney rated it liked it

This is the second time that Wells has done this to me (and yes, it is definite that he wrote ALL his novels in the late 1800s with the sole intent of wooing and shocking some random lady in the far future. Whatever.) The book's beginning lures me into complacency, thinking, "Oh, what a cute bit of early scifi." And then the book proceeds to scare the crap out of me.

I read this book as a July read in the Group Classics without all the Class. And I posted a thread about the few absurd points off ...more

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Dec 19, 2012 Caitlyn rated it liked it

For being written in the late 1800s. It still feels really futuristic. Maybe not the story, but they ideas Wells had. For his time I feel H.G. Wells was far ahead of his time. One of the first Sci-fiction authors. Got interested in reading this book when I was watching a documentary about early authors and some of the books Wells wrote acutally gave ideas of how to build tanks for WWI. Anyway, Its a good classic. Who doesn't like a story of aliens from Mars crash landing and destroying the popul ...more

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