This is the granddaddy of all the stories Alien Invasion, first published by HG Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice narrator tells readers that "nobody would have thought in the late nineteenth century that this world was being watched closely and with enthusiasm the superior intelligence of man ..."
Things, then the progress of a series of reports about seemingly mundane odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in the Earth's gravity is still relatively complicated enough out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet high instead of the mouth and begin to sweep the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story of the campaign for the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror the narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood of humans live to eat, and how is that man is not so much a conquest parked. - Craig E. Engler - This text refers to the hardcover edition of this title.
From Library Journal
This edition of Wells well disguised attack on British imperialism includes an introduction academic, a biographical preface and chronology of the life of the author, maps of Mars landing sites, and explanatory notes. Many extras for the price.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. - This text refers to the out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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