The chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century -- a science fiction classic for all time.
<b>Sir Arthur C. Clarke</b> is the honorary vice president of the H. G. Wells Society and the author of more than sixty works of science fiction, including the bestsellers <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> and <i>Childhood’s End</i>. He lives in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Biographical Note
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Introduction
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Sir Arthur C. Clarke
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
BOOK ONE: THE COMING OF THE MARTIANS
The Eve of the War
3
(7)
The Falling Star
10
(4)
On Horsell Common
14
(4)
The Cylinder Opens
18
(4)
The Heat Ray
22
(5)
The Heat Ray in the Chobham Road
27
(3)
How I Reached Home
30
(4)
Friday Night
34
(3)
The Fighting Begins
37
(6)
In the Storm
43
(6)
At the Window
49
(6)
What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
55
(11)
How I Fell In with the Curate
66
(6)
In London
72
(11)
What Had Happened in Surrey
83
(8)
The Exodus from London
91
(12)
The ``Thunder Child''
103
(12)
BOOK TWO: THE EARTH UNDER THE MARTIANS
Underfoot
115
(7)
What We Saw from the Ruined House
122
(9)
The Days of Imprisonment
131
(6)
The Death of the Curate
137
(5)
The Stillness
142
(3)
The Work of Fifteen Days
145
(4)
The Man on Putney Hill
149
(15)
Dead London
164
(9)
Wreckage
173
(6)
The Epilogue
179
(4)
Commentary
183
(6)
Reading Group Guide
189
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