War of the Worlds

Wells, H. G.; Clarke, Arthur C. (INT)

ISBN 10: 0375759239 / ISBN 13: 9780375759239

Published by Random House Publishing Group, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: War of the Worlds
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375759239
• ISBN 13: 9780375759239
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Introduction by Arthur C. Clarke
Commentary by Jules Verne and an anonymous reviewer from The Critic

“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 and yet as mortal as his own.” Thus begins one of the most terrifying and morally prescient science fiction novels ever penned. Beginning with a series of strange flashes in the distant night sky, the Martian attack initially causes little concern on Earth. Then the destruction erupts—ten massive aliens roam England and destroy with heat rays everything in their path. Very soon humankind finds itself on the brink of extinction. H. G. Wells raises questions of mortality, man’s place in nature, and the evil lurking in the technological future—questions that remain urgently relevant in the twenty-first century.

Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide

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.