The Penguin English Library Edition of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells'Death!'I shouted.'Death is coming! Death!'In this pioneering,shocking and nightmarish tale,nave suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space,but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon,gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction,The War of the World's journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English,from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780141199047Number of pages: 208Weight: 160 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 16 mm
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