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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, naïve 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.

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The War of the Worlds

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 26 April 2012
      ISBN-13 9780141199047
      978-0141199047
      ISBN-10 0141199040
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      Fiction Dystopian & Alternative History Fiction Science Fiction Sci-Fi H G Wells Books by H G Wells

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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, naïve 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.

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