| The War of the Worlds Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0486295060 ISBN-13: 9780486295060 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $6.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1997 Annotation: Imaginative, highly readable novel that helped launch the science-fiction genre exploits the concept of interplanetary travel with its gripping account of hostile invaders from Mars who use deadly heat rays to decimate all life in their path. Energetic, intense and strikingly original. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Alien Contact - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 96043700 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" (0.25 lbs) 145 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 550 Reading Level: 9.1 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 11.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: One of the most famous science-fiction stories ever written, The War of the Worlds helped launch the entire genre by exploiting the concept of interplanetary travel. First published in 1898, the novel terrified readers of the Victorian era with its account of an invasion of hostile creatures from Mars who moved across the English landscape in bizarre metal transports, using deadly heat rays to destroy buildings and annihilate all life in their path. Its power to stir the imagination was made abundantly clear when Orson Welles adapted the story for a radio drama on Halloween night in 1938 and created a national panic. Despite readers' increasing sophistication about space travel and interplanetary invaders, The War of the Worlds remains a riveting reading experience. Its narrative energy, intensity, and striking originality remain undiminished, ready to thrill a new generation of readers with old-fashioned storytelling power. |