The War of the Worldsis ascience fictionnovel by English authorH. G. Wells, first serialised in 1897 byPearsons Magazinein the UK and byCosmopolitanmagazine in the US. The novels first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisherWilliam Heinemannof London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and anextraterrestrialrace.The novel is thefirstperson narrativeof both an unnamedprotagonistin Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded byMartians. The novel is one of the most commentedon works in the science fictioncanon.The plot has been related toinvasion literatureof the time. The novel has been variously interpreted as a commentary on evolutionary theory,British imperialism, and generally Victorian superstitions, fears, and prejudices. Wells said that the plot arose from a discussion with his brother Frank about the catastrophic effect of the British onindigenous Tasmanians. What would happen, he wondered, if Martians did to Britain what the British had done to the Tasmanians?At the time of publication, it was classified as ascientific romance, like Wellss earlier novelThe Time Machine.The War of the Worldshas been both popular (having never been out of print) and influential, spawning half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, a record album, various comic book adaptations, a number of television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors. It was most...

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