The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells

The War of the Worlds

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Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2005
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-102418-9 (ISBN)
8,70 inkl. MwSt
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The film tie-in to Steven Spielberg's film of WAR OF THE WORLDS, coming 8 July 2005 and starring Tom Cruise
From the planet of war they came to conquer the Earth ...

The night after a shooting star is seen streaking across the sky, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common. Fascinated and exhilarated, the local people approach the mysterious object armed with nothing more than a white flag. But when gruesome alien creatures emerge armed with all-destroying heat-rays, their rashness turns rapidly to fear. As the rays blaze towards them, it soon becomes clear they have no choice but to flee - or die.

Soon, the Martians begin a sinister invasion of the world. Destroying all in their path with black gas and burning rays, they brutally make their advance, feasting on the warm blood of still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear ...

H. G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 2.6.2005
Einführung Brian Aldiss
Mitarbeit Anmerkungen: Andy Sawyer
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 112 x 181 mm
Gewicht 128 g
Themenwelt Literatur Fantasy / Science Fiction Science Fiction
Literatur Zweisprachige Ausgaben Deutsch / Englisch
Schlagworte Englisch; Romane/Erzählungen
ISBN-10 0-14-102418-6 / 0141024186
ISBN-13 978-0-14-102418-9 / 9780141024189
Zustand Neuware
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