Verlag | Penguin Books UK |
Auflage | 2012 |
Seiten | 208 |
Format | 19,8 cm |
Gewicht | 164 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | The Penguin English Library |
ISBN-10 | 0141199040 |
EAN | 9780141199047 |
Bestell-Nr | 14119904EA |
A cylinder from space lands in south-west London, and naive locals approach it armed with a white flag - only to be instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray, as tentacled Martians emerge. Soon the whole of humanity is under threat, as the invaders build gigantic killing machines that chase and feast on human prey.
Klappentext:
The Penguin English Library Edition of The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
'Death!' I shouted. 'Death is coming! Death!'In this pioneering, shocking and nightmarish tale, naïve suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space, but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction, The War of the World's journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege.
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