The War of the Worlds

The chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century -- a science fiction classic for all time.

Sir Arthur C. Clarke 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 2001: A Space Odyssey and Childhood’s End. 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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The War of the Worlds

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