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What many of these reviewers are forgetting is that this book is a science fiction piece. To say that this novel lacked facts or reality is exactly what fiction is about. If this book were in fact based on actual events, I highly doubt we would be able to even speak of ...Read More
What many of these reviewers are forgetting is that this book is a science fiction piece. To say that this novel lacked facts or reality is exactly what fiction is about. If this book were in fact based on actual events, I highly doubt we would be able to even speak of it at this point. When reviewing this novel, people should keep in mind that this book is supposed to get that part of the brain going that excites us and makes us want more. Sci-fi writers such as Wells and Bradbury want two things out of reading their stories: they want you to be astounded and most importantly they want you to think. As an avid reader of this genre, I have to say that there is always a deeper meaning than what the story is about. There is a lesson and there is also a meaning. Take these points into consideration before reviewing this novel and trying to slander the well put together writings of H.G. Wells.Show Less
posted by SugarD09 on June 2, 2010
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Awesome book, terrible copy.
Wow, this book is amazing! I like how it reads like a modern day action novel, but written in 1898. The copy is terrible or else it would be five stars. Random letters and sentences. Disjointed paragraphs and one page that is illegibal. Conclusion, great book, but pay f...Read More
Wow, this book is amazing! I like how it reads like a modern day action novel, but written in 1898. The copy is terrible or else it would be five stars. Random letters and sentences. Disjointed paragraphs and one page that is illegibal. Conclusion, great book, but pay for the better publishings.Show Less
posted by Anonymous on March 6, 2012
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What many of these reviewers are forgetting is that this book is a science fiction piece. To say that this novel lacked facts or reality is exactly what fiction is about. If this book were in fact based on actual events, I highly doubt we would be able to even speak of it at this point. When reviewing this novel, people should keep in mind that this book is supposed to get that part of the brain going that excites us and makes us want more. Sci-fi writers such as Wells and Bradbury want two things out of reading their stories: they want you to be astounded and most importantly they want you to think. As an avid reader of this genre, I have to say that there is always a deeper meaning than what the story is about. There is a lesson and there is also a meaning. Take these points into consideration before reviewing this novel and trying to slander the well put together writings of H.G. Wells.
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Anonymous
Posted June 27, 2010
The War of the Worlds- A Great Read
This book is a work of art. The descriptions of the Martians and the battle for survival of the human created by H.G. Wells is exciting and worth reading. The narrator's journey to reeunite with his wife in the mist of the Martians arrival on Earth is extremely interesting to read. Also, the Martians themselves are new and different than anything that most have heard, or read, of before. The only downside of this wonderful novel is the author of the endnotes. He gives away the ending of the book in the first few endnotes, and I would've rather found out for myself the ending at the end of the book. Other than that, it is a must-read for any sci-fi fan.
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Anonymous
Posted October 21, 2009
Aliens Invade Britain
I thought this book was fantastic! It really engaged me and was suspenseful. It takes place in England, where an alien invasion from Mars begins. It is seen through the eyes of a man who is escaping from the invasion's spread. I liked this book a lot and highly recommend it to anyone who likes science fiction.
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The War of The Worlds
The War of The Worlds is set in a lot of different cities. All of the cities are located around London, where the story takes place. It all starts when they see huge bursts of flames coming from Mars. They just think the bursts are huge volcanoes. These bursts went on for 10 nights, 1 for each night.
Wells, who is the main character, is observing these bursts with his friend Ogilvy. Ogilvy sees a shooting star one night and checks it out. The star lands on a common, between Horsell, Chobham, and Woking. When he gets to it, it is a huge cylinder. The whole town knows after London publishes articles of it in the newspaper.
While all these people are crowded around it working on it they hear sounds. The workers are trying to open it to see what's inside. They hear it moving and the lid comes flying off. They see this creature come out then this huge antenna. The antenna turns out to be a heat ray and kills so many people.
When they discover the Martians are bad, they try to escape. Wells sends his wife to his cousin for protection. Wells goes through all these different cities being followed by fighting machines. At one point he is almost captured. Then he escapes his hiding place without being seen.
He goes through Regents Park trying to avoid a fighting machine. Wells finds an armed man in the swamp. It was the artilleryman he met when it all started. They went and had a feast after they got out of the swamp. Once they got done eating Wells left.
Wells makes it all the way home. He searches through his house to see what damage was done. The only thing messed up was his front door. When he opens his French doors to go outside his wife is out there waiting for him. They are back together and try to forget about the Martians.3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Anonymous
Posted January 31, 2012
A book for everyone
This book is so amazing! I think everybody should read this at least once in their lifetime!
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war of the worlds
i loved this book! it was one of the best books i have ever read in my entire life. its vocabulary was astounding it used big long words i have never heard of before it was a challenge but i love challenges. the descriptive sentences was amazing they painted a mental image in your head.this book was very upbeat it kept you on your toes the whole time. the one bad thing about this book was that it was sometimes to descriptive which made it annoying and boring. i would deffinatley reccomend this book for any sci-fi lovers. or anyone who is in for a good thrill. it was a very thrilling book.
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Anonymous
Posted March 6, 2012
Awesome book, terrible copy.
Wow, this book is amazing! I like how it reads like a modern day action novel, but written in 1898. The copy is terrible or else it would be five stars. Random letters and sentences. Disjointed paragraphs and one page that is illegibal. Conclusion, great book, but pay for the better publishings.
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Anonymous
Posted February 18, 2012
Il44's review
I have read other ones but this one was horrible.
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Anonymous
Posted January 22, 2012
Very good book.
Best book ever
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Anonymous
Posted August 23, 2011
Amazing
This is a true sci-fi classic. I read this in English class, and thoroughly loved it. It is about how aliens come to Earth because their planet of Mars is dying, and how the narrator experiences it, being a scientist himself. The main theme is that humanity considers itself the most intellectual creatures in the universe, but it may not be. There is symbolism throughout the book, but it is not nessessary to understand the symbols to enjoy the novel. Read carefully, though, because some parts can become rather confusing if you merely skim over it. It served as an inspiration to many future novels, plays, and movies. There is the originial radio broadcast (which served a lot of panic, you can look it up on wiki), a play, and two movies (one of which has Tom Cruise in it =>)
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Good Read if You Know the English Countryside
War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells is a classic. Any book that has been interpreted in different mediums throughout the decades should be read. Being familiar with the story it was intriguing to see what elements of the book have never been dramatized in any of the other medium versions (i.e. the black smoke). It's also interesting to see what elements remain. There were some parts of Speilberg's movie that I didn't understand that were clarified in the book. So from that standpoint it was enjoyable.
The problems I had with the book is the geopgraphy and the words. I've never been much of a geography student, but it's good to knwo the English towns and hamlets since our hero travels far and wide to find his wife after the Martians attack. There are so many names thrown out that it was hard for me to follow. Likewise there were lots of words I had to take time to look up. I learned soem new words (some specific to the English culture) but the flipside is that many times the flow of the book was interupted with these new words.
No matter I think this is required reading especially if you are a sci-fi fan. Even today the story has relevance and the science in the science fiction isn't dated. Even if you have an idea of the story this is one quick read that you shouldn't ignore.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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linkin22luke
Posted January 9, 2011
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A Decent Classic
Although this book is leagues better then the thousands available to readers, since it is in the classics category, I must rate it amongst its peers, thus the 3/5 stars. The plot is interesting and original, considering Wells was the first to write about Martian invaders. It is absolutely fascinating what he was able to envision without any precedence. However, in is not incredible well written, in fact, it is pretty basic. The main character is very interesting, and it is very intriguing to follow his psychological journey through the book. Overall, it is worthy of classic statues, and is a fun and easy book to read, but I imagine it has the capability of being forgettable amongst some of the towering works in the classics.
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fried-chicken
Posted January 18, 2010
War of the Wolds - A must read!!
The classical novel by H. G Wells written in 1898 War of the Worlds is more then just a science fiction story. Besides being a highly creative novel about enormous machines that come from an outside planet to earth, it is an allegory of England's colonization that was taking place at the time.
During the 20th century the United Kingdom was spreading widely throughout Europe, Asia, and even Africa, threatening the entire world. The novel War of the Worlds is set in England with the purpose of making the British people feel and imagine how their ravishing island would look if other countries joined forces and did what they were doing to other.
The novel is written from the unnamed main characters point of view. This thrilling story begins on what seemed to be an ordinary day for the scientific article writer. He was on his way to meet Ogilvy, a well known astronomer who had invited him to an observatory in Ottershaw, there he witness an explosion in Mars. Ironically, not long after what was believed to be a meteor, landed very near to were he lived. The protagonist was one of the first to find out that this huge 'meteor' was actually an artificial cylinder send from Mars. While enduring the Martians' violence towards Southern English counties, he struggles to meet again with his wife. Wells created his own style of Martian space invaders, ones that had an advanced intelligence power which gave them the ability to create powerful weapons like heat ray guns, tripods and even flying machines which in 1898, when this classical novel was first written, were beyond human technology.
Once the first attacks had passed, he was fortuitously reunited with his wife. They both traveled to Leatherhead seeking for safety, their plan didn't last for long however when they discovered that three more cylinders have been send. As they eye-witness the stunning power of this massive machine they become astonished. There cities had been destroyed, millions of people had dead, and their military forces were of no noticeable use. This doesn't stop them however and through spine-chilling adventure they fought for survival.
This is a truly fascinating novel I would recommend to anyone interested in sub natural sciences. Even though this novel was written in the last century it still retains some of the wildest ideas ever. The book is filled with edgy and stimulated character beyond the remarkable.1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Kwaichang
Posted September 26, 2009
A classic disappoints.
Having seen the original movie but never read the book that inspired it, I thought this classic would be deeper in plot and nuance. The book as a whole was an effort to read as the plot plods on ponderously throughout.
While I'm sure at the time of original publication this was ahead of the curve it now is only a statement that the movie CAN be better.1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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BANCHEE_READS
Posted September 15, 2009
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...always a classic
I recently read this and I was surprised to find out how fresh this story is. Despite being over 100 years old, this novel still packs a punch. In fact, I found that I like the novel version much better than the movies. The Martians seem somewhat more terrifying through the eyes of the 18th century, while at the same time seeming more realistic. For example, in the novel, the Martians are a little careless in the begining, and one of them is killed by a lucky artillary shot. However in more recent versions, the aliens are even impervious to nuclear attack. This takes the science of the Martians from advanced to super or almost magical. The novel does a much better job I think. H. G. Wells proves that science fiction doesn't have to be ephemeral--it can last despite the advances in science.
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war of the worlds
i loved this book! it was one of the best books i have ever read in my entire life. its vocabulary was astounding it used big long words i have never heard of before it was a challenge but i love challenges. the descriptive sentences was amazing they painted a mental image in your head.this book was very upbeat it kept you on your toes the whole time. the one bad thing about this book was that it was sometimes to descriptive which made it annoying and boring. i would deffinatley reccomend this book for any sci-fi lovers. or anyone who is in for a good thrill. it was a very thrilling book.
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WAR OF THE WORLDS Book Two: The Earth Under the Martians
This was as good or even better than the first book because of the fact that all of the martiand were not dead and they have to escape from the newest kind of machine that they run into later on in the book. They do make it to London finally and they see that all of London looks like it had been nuked twice. It turns out that London got the worst of it. That was one of the things that really surprised me about the book. I thought that London was going to be one of the few places that was not touched by the martians but what happened was the exact opposite of what i thought. But, who cares, its just a book. But its a darn good one and i strongly recommend this book to anyone that likes this genre.
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war of the worlds
I LOVED THIS BOOK! It was one of the best books i have ever read. i would deffiantly reccomend this book, but to only people who like science fiction. i love science fiction. this books vocabulary is very high levelled theres words in here i have never heard of before, but the vocabulary is ver good its interesting and challenges you. this book is very thrillfull and surprising. the descriptions that this book gives is very good they paint a mental picture of whats happening in your head.there was only one thing i didnt like about htis book is that sometimes that they would describe something and they would drag it on and on. But this book was one of the best books that anybody could read the vocabulary and descriptions along with the excitment that this book brings makes it a great book. This book kept me in my toes the whole time.
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Anonymous
Posted February 7, 2009
Does not speak to me.
When I read this novel I personally did not enjoy reading it whatsoever. I forced myself to read it just to finsh it and see what happened. The scenes in this book were supposed to be thrilling and dramatic, however, even if it was there in words, the mood of the story just made the story boring. I think this story could have had a potential of being a really exciting book. Like I said earlier, The action and aliens were there, just not the thrill you find in reading a good book. This certainly was not a page turner and I really would not recomend this to anyone. Overall, this book fails to speak to me.
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awel
Posted January 12, 2009
awel
The War of the Worlds
this book is a thrilling book. I would recommend reading this book on a rainy day. It is a good book if you like to read a book with a lot of action and scary parts. There are a lot of aliens doing damage in a town called Waking. It begins when a radio station talks about an alien invasion. Then it became real the next day. People panic and scatter for their lives. Some go hide under their homes in a basement and some get caught by the aliens. Then the aliens have a war with the military and the humans are fighting
for their right to live on the planet Earth. Some people try to escape by boat but they all drown. This book has a movie to go with it but the movie is a little upgraded, the book is older. I think this book is appropriate for seventh and eight grade students. My favorite chapter in this book is chapter is when the aliens crash into the Earth. And the humans try to figure out what it is about chapter four or five1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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