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H. G. Wells

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The War of the Worlds Summary

H. G. Wells's science fiction masterpiece The War of the Worlds was originally published in Pierson's magazine in 1897 and was issued as a novel the following year. A century later, it has never been out of print. The story has become an integral part of our culture, frequently retold in graphic novels and films. In 1938, it became part of one of the greatest and most horrifying media events of all times. The Mercury...

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Encyclopedia Articles (2)

War of the Worlds

1,253 words, approx. 5 pages

War of the Worlds Broadcast on October 30, 1938, Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre radio dramatization of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds engendered a mass panic in which millions of Americans believed they... Read more

The War of the Worlds

4,032 words, approx. 14 pages

The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells He G. Wells was born in 1866 to a poor family living near London, England. He was apprenticed to menial jobs before beginning his studies at the Normal School o... Read more

H. G. Wells Biographies (7)

H. G. Wells

5,515 words, approx. 19 pages

"The thing the Time Traveller held in his hand was a glittering metallic framework, scarcely larger than a small clock, and very delicately made, There was ivory in it, and some transparent crystallin... Read more

Herbert George Wells

603 words, approx. 3 pages

The English author Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) began his career as a novelist with a popular sequence of science fiction that remains the most familiar part of his work. He later wrote realistic ... Read more

H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells

9,451 words, approx. 32 pages

H. G. Wells's earlier works of science fiction have retained their popularity for nearly a century. In recent years they have also won academic regard for integrating the fantastic with the realistic ... Read more

H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells

4,937 words, approx. 17 pages

Over a career that spanned five decades, H. G. Wells produced nearly a hundred full-length books, a large portion of them novels and collections of short fiction. In his 1934 autobiography Wells accur... Read more

H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells

11,715 words, approx. 40 pages

Herbert George Wells was one of the most prolific and most popular writers of short fiction of his era and of the twentieth century. Some of his longer fictions, such as The Time Machine: An Invention... Read more

H(erbert) G(eorge) Wells

8,613 words, approx. 29 pages

Fantastic literature has existed as long as literature itself; Renaissance thinkers wrote of utopias and imaginary voyages into space; Jonathan Swift employed the fantastic in Gulliver's Travels (1726... Read more

Herbert George Wells

10,096 words, approx. 34 pages

Biography EssayH. G. Wells's earlier works of science fiction have retained their popularity for nearly a century. In recent years they have also won academic regard for integrating the fantastic with... Read more

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Comparisons

754 words, approx. 3 pages

The tendency and actions of the people, the appearance, alacrity, and the belief of the aliens, the intellectual and curiosity of David Levinsin and the narrator are comparable in War of the Worlds an... Read more

War of the Worlds as it Relate to Schools

991 words, approx. 4 pages

The War of the Worlds By H.G. Wells. The beginning setting in the story is in a town to the south west of London called Working. The story takes place in the late 1800's. The main character (unnamed... Read more

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