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To call this a landmark book is an understatement. It's stuck into the Western consciousness in a way no other novel of this genre has. Don't just think about the half-dozen films/movies, or the Orson Welles radio drama that fooled thousands into believing a real-life invasion was taking place, or even the double-LP (that's music on two vinyl discs, kids). Think of any alien-invasion movie. Wells wasn't necessarily the first alien-invasion novelist, but he did it in characteristic Wells style: b
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I want to take HG Wells into the future. I want to see his face when I show him lasers. I want to hand him a cell phone, and tell him all the interesting things we've learned about bacteria. I want to show him the face of mars through a high power telescope and super-realistic films inspired by his monsters. Someone find me a time machine (no pun intended), i'm taking this guy to the present day.
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I liked this book more than I expected. Some parts were adorably old fashioned: ...more
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