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The War of the Worlds

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War of the Worlds: Plot summary, Characters, Themes *REVISION GUIDE*

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The War of the Worlds by H.G.Wells (Book Summary) - Minute Book Report

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War of the Worlds: Lecture 1

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The Birth of Alien Invasion Literature in The War of the Worlds | How to Fall in Love with Classics

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The War of the Worlds ILLUSTRATED EDITION from Bitmap Books

The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.
    • The Coming of the Martians 

    • The Earth under the Martians 

    • Style 

    • Scientific setting 

    • Physical location 

    • Cultural setting 

    • Publication 

    • Relation to invasion literature 

    • Mars 

    • Space travel 

    • Total war 

    • Weapons and armour 

    • Natural selection 

    • Colonialism and imperialism 

    • Social Darwinism 

    • Religion and science 

    • Mars and Martians 

    • Antecedents 

    • Early examples of influence on science fiction 

    • Later examples 

    • Tripods 

    • Adaptations 

    • Bibliography