- Published: 15 November 2018
- ISBN: 9780525564164
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $19.99
The War of the Worlds
The first and most influential novel about aliens invading Earth, from the founding father of science fiction. Vintage Classics.
The seminal masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. After the novel’s hero finds himself trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. Adapted by Orson Welles for his notorious 1938 radio drama and subsequently by many filmmakers, H. G. Wells’s timeless story shows no sign of losing its grip on readers’ imaginations.
- Published: 15 November 2018
- ISBN: 9780525564164
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- RRP: $19.99
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About the author
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.
