The War of the Worlds (Includes biography about the life and times of H.G. Wells)

by H. G. Wells

Overview

H.G. Wells novel is include here in electronic form with a biography about the life and times of Wells'.

The War of the Worlds first appeared in serial form in 1895 and ran into 1896 and was highly successful. In 1897 in Britain it was published as a novel. Before the book came out, pirated forms appeared in American magazines where the locale was changed to the USA.

The War of the Worlds is considered the first space-invasion story. Wellsís format was modeled on that of Daniel Dafoeís, A Journal of the Plague Year, which appeared in 1722. The story is presented as factual, but is in fact, fiction. An unnamed narrator in London, a philosophical writer, is witness to an invasion of London and the southern counties of England. The invasion is not from a human enemy but from Martians who have landed a spacecraft on Horsell Common. The narratorís brother also tells his story has he tries to escape from England while accompanied by two women.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013107502
Publisher:	Golgotha Press
Publication date:	08/12/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	208 KB

About the Author

H.G. Wells (1866–1946), born Herbert George Wells, was an English author known for not only his popular science fiction books but also works of social commentary, history and biography. His first novel, The Time Machine, was published in 1895. Socially progressive and visionary in intellect, H.G. Wells became one of the most prolific writers of his generation. Through books like The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and War of the Worlds, Wells delved into a plethora of social, philosophical and political ideas through the medium of what we now call science fiction.

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1866

Date of Death:

August 13, 1946

Place of Birth:

Bromley, Kent, England

Place of Death:

London, England

Education:

Normal School of Science, London, England