The narrator of War Of The Worlds , a middle class writer , Is probably Wells himself . He trows in lots of ideas of the time , Darwinism, Colonialism, to name just two . The original was serialised in a magazine and knocked together as book later . Wells was an inventive writer , writing for his audience of his time . I don't think War of the world was one of his best books , it probably should of been edited when published as a book and the issues are no longer issues for most people .
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War of the Worlds Global Dispatches edited by Kevin J Anderson
The Martian War by Kevin J Anderson
By Felix Palma
1.Map of Time
2.Map of The Sky
3. viMap of Chaos
The Massacre of Mankind by Stephen Baxter
The film War of the Worlds Goliath