"War of the Worlds"

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This paper looks at how the "War of the Worlds" is the story of martian landings in London in the late part of the 19th century, written by Herbert George Wells. The paper provides a brief summary of the book.

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"In Chapter Two (The Falling Star), Wells describes the night of the "first falling star." It was flying like a flame over Winchester, eastward, and many mistook it for a falling star which had a greenish tail that glowed for awhile. He describes how the astronomer Ogilvy calculated where it had landed and found it the next morning, an encrusted cylinder still hot from entering the earth's atmosphere, in a pit made from its impact on the heath (Wells 14). Ogilvy watched it as it cooled and saw the circular top of the cylinder unscrewing. Frantic, he ran back into town. It was early in the morning and the villagers thought he was crazy. But he found a journalist, Henderson, and told him what was happening and both men returned to the cylinder on the heath (Wells 18). By evening, the object had cooled and a martian emerged, looking like a leathery bear with tentacles and a drooling mouth. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Encyclopedia of World Biography. "Herbert George Wells," 2005-6. Thomson Gale.
• Paramount. War of the Worlds Website. 2008. <http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/Radio/>.
• Wells, H.G. War of the Worlds. London: Tor Classic Mass Market Paperback. 1898.

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