The War of the Worlds

"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man?s..." The War of the Worlds is the literary predecessor to invasion stories like ?Independence Day?. Set in fin de si裬e London, H.G. Wells? sci-fi classic tells the story of a Martian invasion of the earth. When Orson Welles presented it as a radio play in 1938 it led to widespread panic amongst listeners because of its seeming authenticity. A chilling, ominous tale which will resonate throughout the ages.