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The War of the Worlds
Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author)

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ISBN: 0486295060     ISBN-13: 9780486295060
Publisher: Dover Publications
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 1997
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Annotation: Imaginative, highly readable novel that helped launch the science-fiction genre exploits the concept of interplanetary travel with its gripping account of hostile invaders from Mars who use deadly heat rays to decimate all life in their path. Energetic, intense and strikingly original.


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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Science Fiction - Alien Contact
- Fiction | Classics
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 96043700
Age Level: 11-UP
Grade Level: 6-UP
Series: Dover Thrift Editions
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 4.9" W x 7.9" L (0.25 lbs) 145 pages
Features: Price on Product, Table of Contents
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 12/16/2007 pg. 16
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 550
Reading Level: 9.1   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 11.0
 
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Publisher Description:
One of the most famous science-fiction stories ever written, The War of the Worlds helped launch the entire genre by exploiting the concept of interplanetary travel.
First published in 1898, the novel terrified readers of the Victorian era with its account of an invasion of hostile creatures from Mars who moved across the English landscape in bizarre metal transports, using deadly heat rays to destroy buildings and annihilate all life in their path. Its power to stir the imagination was made abundantly clear when Orson Welles adapted the story for a radio drama on Halloween night in 1938 and created a national panic.
Despite readers' increasing sophistication about space travel and interplanetary invaders, The War of the Worlds remains a riveting reading experience. Its narrative energy, intensity, and striking originality remain undiminished, ready to thrill a new generation of readers with old-fashioned storytelling power.
 
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