The War of the Worlds

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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

Information about this edition The War of the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, is an early science fiction novella which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, a radio drama and a television series based on the story.— Excerpted from The War of the Worlds on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited?...

Are we or they lords of the world?...

And how are all things made for man?

-- KEPLER (quoted in The Anatomy of Melancholy)

[edit] Book One: The Coming of the Martians

• Chapter One: The Eve of the War
• Chapter Two: The Falling Star
• Chapter Three: On Horsell Common
• Chapter Four: The Cylinder Opens
• Chapter Five: The Heat-Ray
• Chapter Six: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
• Chapter Seven: How I Reached Home
• Chapter Eight: Friday Night
• Chapter Nine: The Fighting Begins
• Chapter Ten: In the Storm
• Chapter Eleven: At the Window
• Chapter Twelve: What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
• Chapter Thirteen: How I Fell in with the Curate
• Chapter Fourteen: In London
• Chapter Fifteen: What Had Happened in Surrey
• Chapter Sixteen: The Exodus from London
• Chapter Seventeen: The "Thunder Child"

[edit] Book Two: The Earth Under the Martians

• Chapter One: Under Foot
• Chapter Two: What We Saw from the Ruined House
• Chapter Three: The Days of Imprisonment
• Chapter Four: The Death of the Curate
• Chapter Five: The Stillness
• Chapter Six: The Work of Fifteen Days
• Chapter Seven: The Man on Putney Hill
• Chapter Eight: Dead London
• Chapter Nine: Wreckage
• Chapter Ten: The Epilogue

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