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The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
Narrator Simon Prebble, Alexander Spencer
Publisher: Recorded Books
Summary
Orson Welles’ 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds has done much to obscure the real brilliance of the original work. Written at a time when “science-fiction” did not exist as a genre, The War of the Worlds was a new departure in literature. Author H.G. Wells, deeply committed to social improvement in turn-of-the-century Britain, used extra-terrestrial invasion to predict the results of a not-entirely-impossible violent upheaval in contemporary society: for “Martians” read “bolsheviks.” His book is social prophecy of the first order and only coincidentally one of the great works of science-fiction.
Duration: about 7 hours (07:01:30) Publishing date: 2008-03-10; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 1897. Copyright Statment: —
