The War of the Worlds by H G Wells
Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by the critically acclaimed actor David Harewood, one of the stars of the television series Homeland. Harewood is also known for his roles in award-winning productions The Night Manager and Blood Diamond. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Brian Aldiss read by Roy McMillan. The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, naïve locals approach the cylinder armed just with a white flag - only to be quickly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying tentacled invaders emerge. Soon the whole of human civilisation is under threat, as powerful Martians build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays, and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human prey. The forces of the Earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear.
A true classic that has pointed the way not just for science-fiction writers, but for how we as a civilisation might think of ourselves—Guardian
The War of the Worlds remains the barometer by which all extra-terrestrial invasions are measured, from V to Independence Day to Arrival—Irish Times
The classic tale of alien invasion, and still the best—The Times
Wells occupies an honoured place in science fiction—Kingsley Amis
A born story-teller—JB. Priestly
Wells is the Shakespeare of science fiction—Brian Aldiss
The War of the Worlds remains the barometer by which all extra-terrestrial invasions are measured, from V to Independence Day to Arrival—Irish Times
The classic tale of alien invasion, and still the best—The Times
Wells occupies an honoured place in science fiction—Kingsley Amis
A born story-teller—JB. Priestly
Wells is the Shakespeare of science fiction—Brian Aldiss
H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist who published more than a hundred books, including pioneering science fiction novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. He was a founding member of numerous movements including Liberty and PEN International - the world's oldest human rights organization - and his Rights of Man laid the groundwork for the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Wells' controversial and progressive views on 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'.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| EAN | 9780241423288 |
| Title | The War of the Worlds |
| Release date | 2019-10-24 |
| Format | Audiobook CD Unabridged |
| Studio | Penguin Classics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Note | Unavailable |
| By (author) | H. G. Wells |
| Read by | David Harewood |
| Introduction by | Brian Aldiss |