War of the Worlds

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023
In Category - Science Fiction
H. G. Wells 1898
English
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 01
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 02
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 03
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 04
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 05
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 06
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 07
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 08
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 09
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 10
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 11
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 12
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 13
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 14
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 15
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 16
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 17
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 01
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 02
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 03
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 04
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 05
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 06
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 07
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 08
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 09
  • The War of the Worlds - Book 2 - Chapter 10
H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be one of the first science fiction novels. In the story, an English gentleman narrates the events of a violent and fast paced Martian invasion.

The frightening images of people fleeing from gigantic tripod machines and the prospect of life under Martian rule have served as a bottomless well of inspiration for popular culture. The novel has served as a template for many derivative or inspired works, including comics, countless books, a TV series, several films, a bestselling musical, and the famous Orson Wells broadcast. Overall, The War of the Worlds has become an early milestone in and inspiration for the invasion genre.

The novel demonstrates Wells' typical pessimistic outlook on human nature and offers a good deal of criticism on society and people's ignorance and vanity. The War of the Worlds can be read as an indictment of European colonial actions around the globe at that time - with which the injustice of the Martian invasion can be compared. Wells has since been credited with predicting quite a number of technologies, such as laser-like rays, industrial robot-like machines, and chemical-warfare.
(Summary by Stephan Möbius and Annie Coleman)

Illustrations by Stephan Möbius
Book 1 - Chapter 1: Map of Surrey
Book 1 - Chapter 5: The Cylinder Opens - 1, The Cylinder Opens - 2
Book 1 - Chapter 11: In the Storm
Book 1 - Chapter 12: At the Window
Book 1 - Chapter 16: What Had Happened in Surrey
Book 1 - Chapter 17: The Exodus from London
Book 2 - Chapter 2: Under Foot

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