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Author Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Title The war of the worlds / H.G. Wells ; introduction by Arthur C. Clarke.

Publication Info. New York : Modern Library, 2002.

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 New Britain, Main Library - Display shelf  YA FIC WELLS, H    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Science Fiction  SFF WELLS H.G.    Check Shelf
Description 190 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Biographical note -- Introduction / Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- War of the Worlds: Book One: The coming of the Martians: Eve of the war -- Falling star -- On Horsell Common -- Cylinder opens -- Heat ray -- Heat ray in the Chobham Road -- How I reached home -- Friday night -- Fighting begins -- In the storm -- At the window -- What I saw of the destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton -- How I fell in with the curate -- In London -- What had happened in Surrey -- Exodus from London -- "Thunder Child" -- Book two: The Earth under the Martians: Underfoot -- What we saw from the ruined house -- Days of imprisonment -- Death of the curate -- Stillness -- Work of fifteen days -- Man on Putney Hill -- Dead London -- Wreckage -- Epilogue -- Commentary -- Reading group guide.
Summary An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.
Subject Martiains -- Fiction.
Earth (Planet) -- Invasions -- Fiction.
Life on other planets -- Fiction.
Space vehicles -- Fiction.
Diseases -- Fiction.
Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.
Space warfare -- Fiction.
Mars (Planet) -- Fiction.
ISBN 0375759239 paperback
9780375759239 paperback
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