The War of the Worlds

Scary.

I remember having this book when i was little as a talking record with music etc. Scared the crap out of me. The Tom Cruise version doesn't even come close. Read the original it's so much better

Watched the original movie way before I read this. Saw the remake, then read the book. The book blows both movies away, too bad Hollywood can't replicate what your imagination can envision. DB

It is the end of the nineteenth century and earth is about to experience its first invasion by extraterrestrials. The martians, only the first pioneers of a race fleeing their own dying planet, arrive in great cylinders and need to eat. Humanity's reaction quickly changes from fascination to fear as more martians arrive and proceed to take over England. Human technology is no defence...more

It is the end of the nineteenth century and earth is about to experience its first invasion by extraterrestrials. The martians, only the first pioneers of a race fleeing their own dying planet, arrive in great cylinders and need to eat. Humanity's reaction quickly changes from fascination to fear as more martians arrive and proceed to take over England. Human technology is no defence against them.First published in 1898, The War of the Worlds is considered a classic of science fiction. It certainly is a classic, but I had troubles reading it. The book was written from a nineteenth century perspective of science and technology, but I read it from a twenty-first century perspective of science and technology. A century makes quite a difference in science fiction. I'm from an era where not only do we have 'flying machines', but we have also sent probes to Mars and seen photos of it. I had trouble accepting the limitted quasi-science given.   hide