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by H. G. Wells;Arthur C. Clarke

So Many Books, So Little Time... rated it

12 years ago

text One-Sided War

An excellent work of science fiction by one of its founding fathers. Wells' vision of an alien invasion and the impotent human response is dark and troubling. There is no institution to which man can turn for salvation. The church is reduced to incoherent babbling, the military is outgunned, apathet...

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So Many Books, So Little Time... rated it

13 years ago

text The War of the Worlds (Everyman's Library (Paper))

An excellent work of science fiction by one of its founding fathers. Wells vision of an alien invasion and the impotent human response is dark and troubling. There is no institution to which man can turn for salvation. The church is reduced to incoherent babbling, the military is outgunned, apath...

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