War of the Worlds

Gorgeous Collectable Classic edition of H.G. Wells' classic tale. Cylinders land on earth and invaders from Mars begin to destroy houses, then whole cities, creating panic and mass evacuation before a foul black smoke is released by the aliens. Includes a new introduction, the short story 'A Dream of Armageddon' and The First Men in the Moon.

About the author

Herbert George Wells (1866–1946). Novelist, journalist, social reformer and historian H.G. Wells is one of the greatest science fiction writers. With Aldous Huxley and, later, George Orwell he defined the adventurous, social concern of early speculative fiction where the human condition was played out on a greater stage. Wells created over fifty novels, including The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds.Dr Emelyne Godfrey is an author, freelance writer and broadcaster. She writes widely on women’s history, crime, science fiction and the supernatural. In 2016, she edited Utopias and Dystopias in the Fiction of William Morris and H.G. Wells: Landscape and Space. Emelyne is on the committee of the H.G. Wells Society and is a regular contributor to The Times Literary Supplement.

Product details

• Authors: H.G. Wells
• Assisted by: Emelyne Godfrey (Introduction)
• Publisher: Flame Tree Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.07.2025
• EAN: 9781835622841
• ISBN: 978-1-83562-284-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Series: Flame Tree Collectable Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Adventure, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Action & Adventure, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Sea stories, Classic fiction