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  • Published: 15 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9780525564164
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $22.99

The War of the Worlds





The first and most influential novel about aliens invading Earth, from the founding father of science fiction. Vintage Classics.

The seminal masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. After the novel’s hero finds himself trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. Adapted by Orson Welles for his notorious 1938 radio drama and subsequently by many filmmakers, H. G. Wells’s timeless story shows no sign of losing its grip on readers’ imaginations.

  • Published: 15 November 2018
  • ISBN: 9780525564164
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $22.99

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