The War of the Worlds
- ISBN-10
- 1681376091
- ISBN-13
- 9781681376097
- Series
- The War of the Worlds
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-10-26
- Publisher
- New York Review of Books
- Author
- H. G. Wells
Description
Now in paperback, and accompanied by Edward's Gorey's masterful, timelessly haunting illustrations, H. G. Wells's classic story of alien invasion. When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity’s vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. First published in 1898, H. G. Wells’s masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spielberg. The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that is startlingly up-to-date yet in touch with the most ancient of human fears. In 1960, Edward Gorey prepared a set of his inimitable pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate a new edition of The War of the Worlds for the legendary Looking Glass Library. Characteristically quirky, elegant, and entrancing, Gorey’s visual take on Wells’s seminal tour de force was unavailable until 2005, when NYRB Classics reissued it in a special hardcover edition. Now in paperback, this edition brings back for today’s readers a richly rewarding collaboration between two modern masters of all that’s wonderful and strange.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The War of the Worlds
By H. G. WellsThis is an unabridged version of one of the first fictional accounts of extraterrestrial invasion. H. G. Wells's military science fiction novel was first published in book form in 1898, and is considered a classic of English literature.
-
The War of the Worlds
By H. G. WellsThis is an unabridged version of one of the first fictional accounts of extraterrestrial invasion. H. G. Wells's military science fiction novel was first published in book form in 1898, and is considered a classic of English literature.
-
The War of the Worlds / H. G. Wells / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with Doodles
By H G WellsFirst published in 1898, the novel terrified readers of the Victorian era with its account of an invasion of hostile creatures from Mars who moved across the English landscape in bizarre metal transports, using deadly heat rays to destroy ...
-
The War of the Worlds: From H. G. Wells to Orson Welles, Jeff Wayne, Steven Spielberg and Beyond
By Peter J. Beckand disco', in collaboration with Gary Osborne, a lyricist who had frequently worked with him on advertising jingles.11 Recalling frequent journeys from his Hampstead home to discuss the music with Jeff Wayne, Osborne noted that they ...
-
The War of the Worlds Illustrated and Annotated
By H. G. WellsIt is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story.
-
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
By H G WellsThe War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from ...
-
The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H.G. Wells Classic
By Herbert George WellsFrom there we could see the searchlights on Richmond Hill and Kingston Hill going to and fro, and about eleven the windows rattled, and we heard the sound of the huge siege guns that had been put in position there.
-
The War of The Worlds (Unabridged)
By H. G. WellsIt is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon.
-
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
By H. G. WellsOrson Welles famously adapted the novel for radio in 1938, presenting the drama as a series of simulated news bulletins—convincingly enough to cause panic among a large portion of the national audience.
-
The War of the Worlds
By Herbert George Wells"Great cities destroyed--people fleeing in panic--the countryside in ruins.