The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
H.G. Wells' most notorious science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds (1898) was first serialized in Pearson's Magazine in England (1897), and Cosmopolitan in the U.S. on October 30, 1938, the day before Halloween. The story was broadcast on The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio show by Orson Welles, spooking countless listeners who thought the martian invasion "coverage" was real.
This book is featured in our collection of Books for Young Readers, Science Fiction Study Guide, and The Unreliable Narrator.
Table of Contents
Book I - The Cylinder Unscrews
Book I - The Heat-Ray in Chobham Road
Book I - What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
Book I - How I Fell in with the Curate
Book I - What had Happened in Surrey
Book I - The Exodus from London
Book II - What We Saw from the Ruined House
Book II - The Days of Imprisonment
Book II - The Death of the Curate
Book II - The Work of Fifteen Days
Book II - The Man on Putney Hill
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