![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, as the narrator goes abit mad and decides to stand up to one of the robotic fighting machines in a suicidal pique, it is discovered that the Martians are all dead or dying in their machines, brought down by the common cold. In the second half of the book, which takes place after the Martians have seemingly won, the waterways of England are choked with Martian red weed, and all resistance has been crushed. Earth’s forces were no match for the Martian blitzkrieg, and the planet falls into blasted defeat. The War of the Worlds is a first-person narrative of two brothers’ perspectives as southern England is invaded by Martians, while A Dream of Armageddon tells the story of a dreamer recounting his dreams of a technological war in Capri to a stranger on a train. Arriving in advanced fighting machines that walked around on three tall, spindly legs, they were outfitted with heat rays and a poisonous black smoke. In case you are unfamiliar with the story, The War of The Worlds was Wells’ fictionalized account of an attempted Martian takeover of Earth. Having been adapted into multiple films, radio plays ( Hi, Orson Welles!), and just about every other form of media, The War of the Worlds is probably the most famous alien invasion yarn of all time. ![]() So Wells did what any professional artist would do: He went back and added a paragraph talking shit on the artist. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, England, on September 21, 1866. ![]()
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