No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment...
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TE MARTIANS ARE COMING! THE MARITIANS ARE COMING...Sort of.,
This review is from: War of the Worlds (Dd-3667) (Audio Cassette)
When i first heard this radio broadcast, I got a serious case of heebie-jeebies. I saw why the country panicked when this broadcast first came out. The timing, the writing, and the sense of impending doom the plot conveyed. This is a prime example of the power of media, and a lesson to us all...
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Outstanding story - loved from childhood to adulthood,
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This review is from: War of the Worlds (Dd-3667) (Audio Cassette)
I first bought this on audio cassette when I was about 13 years old and played it over and over. It fires the immagination, especially when listened to as opposed to read. The special effects were simple but effective. It's a classic, must read, story. Don't grow up without it!
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aliens attack in the late 19th century!,
This review is from: The War of the Worlds (Hardcover)
here is my review of "war of the worlds" by h.g.wells and it will be short and sweet. this this is aboutspace aliens(from mars) attacking england around 1900 and-of course-the humans have NO IDEA what is in store for them!!! the narrative is quite detailed in the descriptions of the aliens and all the destruction that they cause and this is something that makes the story interesting for the reader. the narration is in first person by a man who never gives his name (that's different!). i liked this story alot. i do not see anything wrong with this and i think this story has held up well over time. i am not going to give up the whole plot but,the aliens pay for their' greed in the end. this is a good reading for science fiction buffs or someone looking for an unusual slant on the whole"space alien V.S. human" genre.....as a side note,this is a book i have read- not a cassette tape. this book is the one pictured by whitman press,i believe,1964,280pages.
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