TY - BOOK AU - Wells,H.G. TI - The war of the worlds AV - PR PY - 2004/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Science fiction KW - War stories KW - Martians -- Fiction KW - Mars (Planet) -- Fiction KW - Space warfare -- Fiction KW - Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction KW - Life on other planets -- Fiction N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds; Release date is 2004-10-01; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells is a science fiction novel written between 1895 and 1897. When Martians with superior intelligence and advanced weapons invade Earth, humanity faces extinction. The extraterrestrials emerge from metal cylinders, wielding devastating heat rays and toxic chemical weapons as they methodically destroy England's defenses. An unnamed narrator struggles to survive the carnage and reunite with his wife while civilization collapses around him. One of the earliest alien invasion stories, Wells's novel explores humanity's vulnerability against an unstoppable force. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36 ER -