The War of the Worlds | The War of the Worlds

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Author: H. G. Wells
First Published: 1897
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Science fiction
Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
Setting: Woking and London, England
Principal Characters: The Anonymous Narrator, Ogilvy, The Artilleryman, The Curate
Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
Subjects: Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Extraterrestrial life, Science or scientists, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, Emotions, England or English people, Fear, War, Death or dying, Moral conditions, London, Earth, Bacteriology, Horror, Technology, Battles, Mars, Aliens, space
Locales: London, England, Woking, England

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Although scientists had speculated about intelligent life on Mars, it came as a complete surprise to England when Martians landed, shot to Earth in flaming cylinders. At first the projectiles were taken to be shooting stars or meteorites. Then Ogilvy, the first to discover one of the cylinders, realized that it was hollow and that as it cooled he could hear something inside unscrewing the thing’s top.

Ogilvy informed a local journalist, Henderson, and soon a crowd, including the narrator, gathered around a cylinder. The narrator suspected the object had come...

The War of the Worlds | The War of the Worlds

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