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Summary: THE WAR OF THE WORLD is a great book for young adults
Review: You are going to read a book calle WAR OF THE WORLDS. This book iis about an invasion i the nineteenth century.Three reasons I have that are good ones to read this book are: That this book started all invasion stories;second it has very good discription; and lastly it was rated four and one half stars Amazon readers. This story started all invasin stories. It started a televisoin series called the resurrection. "Close Encounters and Independence Day were all movies that he might have started. If you like these movies you must read the book THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. This book earned four and a half stars. Peole say that the boo has not lost any of its impact scince it's first publication in 1898Can you imagin that this book is about 100 years old and still has not lost its effect.Then that must be some book. Even though this is a good book it does have some flaws. Some people say that the writing is poor. One person said that if you miss a word you are lost. Also many sentences begin with and or but. The drawing are mediocre. They are in black and white and they are hard to see what is in the pictures. Well I have to say that this book is probaly the best book I have ever read and that what the flaws are they are minor. Well now you have hear what I have to say abou this book. Let me leave you with this. If you read this book you will be prepared for the not so distant future.
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Summary: I read 10 pgs. into the book and thought it was BORING!
Review: I had high expectations for this book but found it horribly boring as did many other people I gave the book to . None of us were able to finish it for fear of falling a sleep.
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Summary: The very first - a classic in every sense
Review: Okay folks, this is it. The very first alien invasion novel and it's 101 years old this year. That's right, over a century.Yet this is still a wonderful book to read. Sure, we know there aren't any real Martians. Put that aside. The straight forward Victorian narrative style is odd and strangely formal by today's standards. But that's part of what sets the scene. Here is a book that has all the basic elements of the genre - and Wells got them right the very first time. Better, in fact than most modern writers. There aren't any heroic moves we can make to save ourselves. There's no good-looking guy that defeats the Martians through cleverness and clean living. The Martians are centuries ahead of us technologically and we're going to lose. Period. Is that realistic enough for you? How about a writer that predicts tactical battlefield lasers, chemical weapons, armored mechanical fighting vehicles, interplanetary spaceflight and computer controlled robots up to ninety years ahead of reality. Pretty impressive stuff that STILL hasn't come to pass in some cases, even though we can understand such things now. Imagine someone who takes a horse-drawn carriage to town conceptualizing battlefield lasers. That's what Wells did when he wrote this novel. But most of all this book is there for its commentary on humanity - Victorian imperialism and lack of humility, the arrogance of invulnerability just waiting to be burst. Watch a cultured society crumble in the face of harsh reality. Watch us devolve into elemental things once more, as we learn what it means to be dominated as we have dominated other, less advanced cultures. Wells' book was meant as a commentary on English Imperialism and arrogance, but that lesson still has relevance today, whether you apply it to superpower politics or global environmentalism. Take the time for this book. It's worth it.
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Summary: I am a 12 year old and I thought that the book was brilliant
Review: I read it and loved it. It was brilliantly written, and was very tense. It greatly expresses the human mind. I sugest this for any reader who loves a good book.
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Summary: Mars attacks Earth with high-tech weaponry.
Review: It was a really good book, but sometimes a bit confusing, especially near the end when the Martians all died. It was hard to tell exactly what happened.
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Summary: my all time favorite book
Review: i have a thing for 18th century writers. Of all the books I've read (and I've read alot of books) this is my all time favorite it makes you think you're really there running from the giant machines. A thriller a can't look up. If only HG was still alive think of the books the titles. under any categorie this is a wonderful book to read. GGGGRRREEEAAATTT!!! I LOVE IT!!!!!
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Summary: More to War of the Worlds than entertainment
Review: The passing of time typically dates the impact a story has on its readers. For example, Poe's tales, some 150 years past their prime, are not particularly frightening to a public drenched in graphic portrayals. Instead, we read Poe to appreciate his keen sense of irony and his insight into the human psyche. Similarly, the works of H.G. Wells have aged a bit, too; technology has grown to overshadow his prose and decrease the entertainment level of his sf adventures. But does that mean nothing can be gained by reading, say, War of the Worlds? In addition to composing the seminal "alien invasion" story, Wells offers a subtext of social and political criticism targeted at Victorian England. The heedles Martian invasion is simply a mirror image of the arrogant imperialist expansion of Great Britain. Wells was simply describing what the vanquished natives of British-occupied territories experienced. So maybe War of the Worlds isn't the most exciting sf story. Read it anyway. You could learn something.
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Summary: It rocks
Review: I read this book for school and with it being a classic I didn't think it would be too good. Boy was I wrong. It turned out to be one of the best books I've ever read. I highly reccomend it to anyone who loves science fiction books.
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Summary: Good book, bad movie, great game.
Review: I loved the book, it was awsome. I hated the movie it was nbothing like the book, when i saw the movie i thought "Were's all the walker things?" those rocked! but insted they had the flying things that was also in the sequel called ID4. But now i saw a PC game based on War of the Worlds and it looks geart I'm buying it.
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Summary: H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds"
Review: This book was, at most, average. Some parts were boring, some were vividly described, and others were so trivial to me that I had no idea what was happening. I do respect the fact that it helped create the science-fiction genre.
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