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The War of the Worlds

By: H. G. Wells
Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
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This classic early-19th-century science-fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as cautionary tale. Called by many a "chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the 19th century - a science-fiction classic for all time".

Made famous by Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre mid-20th-century adaptation that literally had thousands of people running for their lives at the time in the Northeast US.

Public Domain (P)2019 Punch Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Military Science Fiction War & Military
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Nice story, especially for historical reasons: the start of the science fiction genre. It is well performed by Gerry O'Brien, though, as i am currently living in the area that this novel is set in, I find it disappointing that the performer evidently did not bother to determine how some Surrey place names (Chobham, Esher, Pyrford) are pronunced.

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