The War of the Worlds
A great book. First published AD 1897, written in English
The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weapons than humans. The Martians intend to eliminate humankind and conquer Earth because their own older and smaller world has reached the "last stage of exhaustion". It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann.
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Where it is set
- London
United Kingdom
The story is told in the first-person with a narrator making his way about London as the invasion proceeds. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
- Surrey
United Kingdom
The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his younger brother who escapes to Tillingham in Essex as London and Southern England are invaded by Martians. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
- Horsell Common
United Kingdom
In the early 20th century, in the summer, an object thought to be a meteor lands on Horsell Common, near the narrator's home. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
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