London Bridge is Falling Down
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War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
Reviewed by
Jeremy
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6th
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| Published in: | 1898 |
| Length: | 204 pages |
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| Genre: | Science Fiction |
| Age: | Adult |
Herbert Wells is an average man, with an average life, living in an average town. Little does he know that his species, the human race is being watched by creatures with an intelligence far greater than their own.
It all starts one night when a line of flame high in the sky crashes nearby Herbert's small town of Westchester. The light had been seen by hundreds of unsuspecting townfolk and was thought of as nothing more than a shooting star. During the next morning Herbert's friend Oglivy tries to seek out the supposed comet or meteorite that had struck somewhere out on the common.
"Find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits. An enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visiable a mile and a half away. The heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn." (page 11)
The question is: will the soon to be discovered slug-like martians succeed in their evil plan to massacre our planet and does Herbert have the courage to survive and prosper through this horribly devastating interstellar war?
If you would like to find out what happens to Herbert, I suggest you pick up The War of The Worlds by H.G. Wells. In my personal opinion, I would suggest that you don't waste your time with this extremely boring piece of literature. I say this because I feel that H.G. Wells does not have one bit of a sense of adventure. If this book would have been more exciting and adventurous I would have truly enjoyed it but in my opinion he spent too much time developing a smart sense of writing than a breathtaking story.
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