March Books 16) The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells

[nwhyte]

I had forgotten just how good this is. Its 200 pages far outshine all later (and mostly longer) invasion-of-Earth stories (or even just disaster stories like The Stand). It feels so very fresh, one of the basic plots of science fiction being written for the first time. Yes, of course it's strongly reliant on tales of human wars, both those set in

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[pgmcc]

I think it is a wonderful book. There is always so much more going on in Wells' stories than is immediately apparent.

[crazysoph]

Oh yes. The whole opening page I read from time to time, aloud (even if no one else is listening) for the sheer joy of the language and the word-picture it paints.

It's my special desire to hear some science fiction movie or show that has Earth in its background to have one of the characters just read aloud that little bit, within the context of a story, as an homage.

Crazy(yeah, it'll never happen, but a girl can dream...)Soph

[liberaliser]

I wouldn't call that grammar dodgy, just a little stretched.