The War of the Worlds - (Bantam Classics) by H G Wells (Paperback)

About the Book

Here, for the first time in Bantam print, is the science fiction classic that proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets. Written almost 100 years ago, this compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of Earth and man's struggle to survive.

Book Synopsis

H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its appearance, and a half-century after Orson Wells's infamous 1938 radio adaptation. The daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of "vast and cool and unsympathetic" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking and chilling, The War Of The Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.

Review Quotes

"The creations of Mr. Wells . . . belong unreservedly to an age and degree of scientific knowledge far removed from the present, though I will not say entirely beyond the limits of the possible." --Jules Verne

About the Author

Arthur C. Clarke has long been considered the greatest science fiction writer of all time. Books by Clarke--both fiction and nonfiction--have sold more than a hundred million copies worldwide. He died in 2008.