H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds
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Format: PDF. Readable on any device.
- Title in Chinese
- 世界之战
- First published
- 1898
- Languages
- Chinese and English
- Pages
- about 369
- Edition
- unabridged
Book summary
A London narrator sees his daily life overturned when cylinders from Mars crash onto Earth. Alien machines quickly emerge and begin to destroy everything in their path, far exceeding human capabilities. Faced with this unexpected threat, panic spreads and survival becomes the only priority. The narrative follows the progressive disintegration of society in the face of an unknown force. The author constructs a tense, visionary work on human fragility and the limits of progress.
