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The War of the Worlds (The Great Writers Library Series)

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WAR OF THE WORLDS was written in two parts: "The Coming of the Martians", which details the Martians' landing and conquering; and "The Earth Under the Martians", which is a post-apocalyptic account of the Martians' reign and their subsequent vanquishing by microbes which they are unprepared for. Mars, and the possibility of life on it, had apparently intrigued Wells for some time. In an interesting aside, as Bernard Bergonzi notes in his "Early H. G. Wells", the author also had some fun writing scenes in which the aliens destroyed characters modeled on his neighbors. Adapted by Orson Welles and Howard Koch for the notorious 1938 Halloween radio broadcast, this story sent hundreds of frenzied families onto the highways in an attempt to escape the alien threat. The quirky pen-and-ink illustrations of Edward Gorey, author/artist of many macabre picture books for adults but perhaps best known for the animated credits of the PBS show MYSTERY!, enliven this classic tale of interplanetary warfare.
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WAR OF THE WORLDS was written in two parts: "The Coming of the Martians", which details the Martians' landing and conquering; and "The Earth Under the Martians", which is a post-apocalyptic account of the Martians' reign and their subsequent vanquishing by microbes which they are unprepared for. Mars, and the possibility of life on it, had apparently intrigued Wells for some time. In an interesting aside, as Bernard Bergonzi notes in his "Early H. G. Wells", the author also had some fun writing scenes in which the aliens destroyed characters modeled on his neighbors. Adapted by Orson Welles and Howard Koch for the notorious 1938 Halloween radio broadcast, this story sent hundreds of frenzied families onto the highways in an attempt to escape the alien threat. The quirky pen-and-ink illustrations of Edward Gorey, author/artist of many macabre picture books for adults but perhaps best known for the animated credits of the PBS show MYSTERY!, enliven this classic tale of interplanetary warfare.
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Author H G Wells
PublisherMarshall Cavendish Partworks
PlaceLondon
Year1988
ISBN0863076998
BindingHardcover
ConditionVery Good
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