Review: The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


The War of the Worlds really awakened my curiosity for classic SciFi novels, mainly due to the brilliant form in which it was written. It's laid out as a diary, where a London based writer describing an invasion from Mars of the pre-industrialized England and his struggles to reunite with his wife.

Worth to keep in mind is that it was written over a hundred years ago and published at the end of the 19th century.

This is the book, after a re-write by Orson Wells for radio, in 1938 scared radio listeners due to its realistic portrayal of an alien invasion.



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