The War of the Worlds: Large Print

Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781091588417
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..." So begins H. G. Wells' classic novel in which Martian lifeforms take over planet Earth. As the Martians emerge, they construct giant killing machines - armed with heatrays - that are impervious to attack. Advancing upon London they destroy everything in their path. Everything, except the few humans they collect in metal traps. Victorian England is a place in which the steam engine is state-of-the-art technology and powered flight is just a dream. Mankind is helpless against the killing machines from Mars, and soon the survivors are left living in a new stone age. Includes the original Warwick Goble illustrations.

The War of the Worlds Illustrated

Author: H G Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.

The Massacre of Mankind

Author: Stephen Baxter
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN: 1524760129
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 498

Book Description
Originally published: London: Gollancz, 2017.

The War of the Worlds

Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402736889
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168

Book Description
An abridged version of H. G. Wells' classic science fiction tale in which, as life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the Earth.

The War of the Worlds

Author: Russell Punter
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781474918534
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description

Spooked!

Author: Gail Jarrow
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press
ISBN: 1684371430
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
A Washington Post Best Children's Book This book for young readers explores in riveting detail the false panic created by the famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast from 1938—as well as the repercussions of "fake news" today. On the night of October 30, 1938, thousands of Americans panicked when they believed that Martians had invaded Earth. What appeared to be breaking news about an alien invasion was in fact a radio drama based on H. G. Wells's War of the Worlds, performed by Orson Welles and his Mercury Theatre players. Some listeners became angry once they realized they had been tricked, and the reaction to the broadcast sparked a national discussion about fake news, propaganda, and the role of radio. In this compelling nonfiction chapter book, Gail Jarrow explores the production of the broadcast, the aftermath, and the concept of "fake news" in the media.

The Plattner Story and Others

Author: H. G. Wells
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction, English
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description

War of the Worlds, the Resurrection

Author: Jeanne M. Dillard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780671671112
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 420

Book Description
The dormant aliens from the invasion decades ago have revived, and the nightmare invasion is about to begin again--with different rules. This time, the aliens will not be so easy to kill. Ties in to the television series from Paramount.

The War of the Worlds, Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies

Author: H.G. Wells
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451611358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
THE CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION TALE THAT WILL EAT YOUR BRAINS! Never before in the history of warfare had destruction been so indiscriminate and so universal. Panic descends upon planet Earth once more as H. G. Wells’s terrify- ing cosmic invaders blaze a path of fiery destruction across Victorian England, leaving thousands of undead in their wake. Our adventurous narrator must survive the apocalyptic alien threat while fighting off rag- ing, bloodthirsty zombies. Who will triumph when man, Martian, and flesh-eating monster meet? Packed with fearsome supernatural creatures at every turn, Wells’s original masterpiece is scarier, gorier, and more suspenseful than ever!

The War of the Worlds

Author: Herbert George Wells
Publisher: Thomson Learning
ISBN: 9781424005598
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 238

Book Description
"Great cities destroyed--people fleeing in panic--the countryside in ruins. A burst of flame from Mars heads toward the earth, and a strange ship, unlike anything ever seen here, lands. Soon, it devours everything in its path, people and buildings alike. It is unstoppable. Mankind is in the greatest danger in all its history. Can anyone-or anything-save our world?"--Book back cover.