The war of the worlds

This daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil with its themes of interplanetary imperialism technological holocaust and chaos is central to the carre ... » 

This daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil with its themes of interplanetary imperialism technological holocaust and chaos is central to the carre of H.G Wells who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of vast and cool and unsympathetic scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary shocking and chilling. The War of the Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898. This daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil with its themes of interplanetary imperialism technological holocaust and chaos is central to the carre of H.G Wells who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of vast and cool and unsympathetic scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary shocking and chilling. The War of the Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898. This daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil with its themes of interplanetary imperialism technological holocaust and chaos is central to the carre of H.G Wells who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of vast and cool and unsympathetic scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary shocking and chilling. The War of the Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898. «