Herbert wells war of the worlds5/22/2023 ![]() ![]() The War of the Worlds has been both popular (having never been out of print) and influential, spawning half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, a record album, various comic book adaptations, a television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors. At the time of publication, it was classified as a scientific romance, like Wells's earlier novel The Time Machine. The novel has been variously interpreted as a commentary on evolutionary theory, British imperialism, and generally Victorian superstitions, fears and prejudices. The plot has been related to invasion literature of the time. ![]() The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. ![]() The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. Written between 18, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. ![]() Wells first serialised in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. ![]()
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