The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

Synopsis

"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..."

From the first mysterious cylinder landing in Horsell Common to the total devastation of London, H.G. Wells crafts a harrowing first-person account of a world under siege. Armed with devastating Heat-Rays and suffocating Black Smoke, the Martian invaders move across the countryside in towering, three-legged fighting machines. The British military—the greatest power of the age—is rendered helpless. As the narrator flees through a landscape transformed by the alien "Red Weed," the novel explores the primal terror of being hunted and the humbling realization that humanity is not the master of its own planet.

The Biological Reality of Mars: Wells avoids the "little green men" tropes of later sci-fi. His Martians are biologically plausible creatures—vast, leathery heads with tentacles, evolved for a dying planet with low gravity. They do not eat; they inject the blood of living creatures directly into their veins. This chilling detail turns the invasion from a political conquest into a biological harvest.

A Masterclass in Suspense and Satire: The War of the Worlds was a shocking critique of British Imperialism, forcing Victorian readers to experience the terror of being colonized by a superior force. Through the narrator's encounters with the broken Curate and the delusional Artilleryman, Wells examines how human social structures—religion, military pride, and logic—crumble under the weight of an existential threat.

Experience the terror that stopped the world. Purchase "The War of the Worlds" today and witness the survival of the human spirit.

Disponible depuis: 08/01/2026.

Longueur d'impression: 207 pages.

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