IMPORTANT NOTE: ¿War of the Worlds¿ is still under copyright in UK and EU (until 1st Jan, 2017). If you are in these jurisdictions, downloading this audiobook will be a violation of copyright law.
War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells (H.G. Wells) was published in 1898 at a time when he wrote a series of novels related to a number of historical events of the time. The most important of these was the unification and militarization of Germany. The story, written in a semi-documentary style, is told in the first person by an unnamed observer. It tells of the events which happen mostly in London and the county of Surrey, England, when a number of vessels manned by aliens are fired from Mars and land on Earth. (Summary by Rebecca)IMPORTANT NOTE: ¿War of the Worlds¿ is still under copyright in UK and EU (until 1st Jan, 2017). If you are in these jurisdictions, downloading this audiobook will be a violation of copyright law.
War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells (H.G. Wells) was published in 1898 at a time when he wrote a series of novels related to a number of historical events of the time. The most important of these was the unification and militarization of Germany. The story, written in a semi-documentary style, is told in the first person by an unnamed observer. It tells of the events which happen mostly in London and the county of Surrey, England, when a number of vessels manned by aliens are fired from Mars and land on Earth. (Summary by Rebecca)
| BN ID: | 2940172121173 |
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| Publisher: | DISCOS PALMAS |
| Publication date: | 07/09/2019 |
What is it about the 19th century that so fires the science fiction imagination? I still think it’s the top hats and petticoats. Time traveling, planetary exploration, and the like just seem more wondrous and appealing when done by stuffily dressed prim-and-propers. But that’s my own personal theory. Nevertheless, Victorian sci-fi continues to entertain, and […]
