The War of the Worlds

Informationen zum Autor H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'. Klappentext 'Death!' I shouted. 'Death is coming! Death!' In this pioneering, shocking and nightmarish tale, naïve suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction, The War of the World's journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege. The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. Zusammenfassung Naive suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity.

Product details

• Authors: H G Wells, H. G. Wells, H.G. Wells, Herbert G Wells, Herbert G. Wells
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.04.2012
• EAN: 9780141199047
• ISBN: 978-0-14-119904-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: The Penguin English Library; Penguin Classics; The Penguin English Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Science Fiction / General, FICTION / Dystopian, FICTION / Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, FICTION / Science Fiction / Alien Contact, Science fiction: aliens / UFOs, Dystopian and utopian fiction