The Penguin English Library Edition of
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
''Death!'' I shouted. ''Death is coming! Death!''
In this pioneering, shocking and nightmarish tale, naïve suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction,
The War of the World
''s journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege.
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