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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

The war of the worlds / H.G. Wells ; introduction by Arthur C. Clarke.

Modern Library pbk. ed.

New York : Modern Library, 2002.

xvii, 190 p. ; 21 cm.

An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others, struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894.

Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction.

Space warfare -- Fiction.

Martians -- Fiction.

Earth -- Invasions -- Fiction.

Life on other planets -- Fiction.

Space vehicles -- Fiction.

Diseases -- Fiction.

Science fiction.

War stories.

Mars (Planet) -- Fiction.

Biographical note -- Introduction / Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- War of the Worlds: Book One: The coming of the Martians: Eve of the war -- Falling star -- On Horsell Common -- Cylinder opens -- Heat ray -- Heat ray in the Chobham Road -- How I reached home -- Friday night -- Fighting begins -- In the storm -- At the window -- What I saw of the destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton -- How I fell in with the curate -- In London -- What had happened in Surrey -- Exodus from London -- "Thunder Child" -- Book two: The Earth under the Martians: Underfoot -- What we saw from the ruined house -- Days of imprisonment -- Death of the curate -- Stillness -- Work of fifteen days -- Man on Putney Hill -- Dead London -- Wreckage -- Epilogue -- Commentary -- Reading group guide.

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