"Ny vynsa den vëth cresy in bledhydnyow dewetha an nawnjegves
cansvledhen, y fedha an bës-ma whythrys yn sherp hag yn clos gans
skentolethow brâssa ages skentolethow mebyon tus, saw mar vortal
avellans aga honen... Saw dres an aswy vrâs a spâs, yth esa furneth o
mar bell dhyworth agan furneth ny dell usy agan brës ny dhyworth brës an
bestas mortal, furneth yeyn ha dybyta, ow meras orth an bës-ma dre
lagasow envies, hag yn lent hag yn sur creaturs an furneth-na a
borposyas aga thowlow wàr agan pydn." Y feu "Gwerryans an Planettys"
dyllys in Sowsnek rag an kensa prës i'n vledhen 1898. An lyver a yll bos
consydrys an kensa whedhel adro dhe "woreskydnans dre vës-estrenyon",
ha'y awedhyans wàr fuglien sciensek yw brâs dres ehen. An lyver re beu
desedhys dhe'n radyo, dhe'n waryva ha dhe'n gwaya-mir, hag inspîrya hag
awedhya a wrug lies ensampel a fuglien sciensek, in aga mesk jornals
skethednek ha novelys grafek. Pàn vo va settys ryb "Jyn an Termyn", "An
Den Dywel", hag "Enys Doctour Moreau", yth hevel "Gwerryans an
Planettys" moy kerys gans an bobel ès ken lyver vëth a screfas H. G.
Wells. Hèm yw an kensa prësmay feu an novel-ma dyllys in Kernowek. --
"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 and yet as mortal as his own... Yet across the gulf
of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts
that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this
earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against
us." First published in 1898, "The War of the Worlds" is considered to
be the first "alien invasion" tales, and has been one of the most
influential science fiction novels ever written. It has been adapted for
radio, stage, and screen, and has inspired and influenced many works of
fiction, including comics and graphic novels. Alongside "The Time
Machine", "The Invisible Man", and "The Island of Dr Moreau", Wells'
"The War of the Worlds" stands out as perhaps his most popular work.
This is the first time that this story has been published in Cornish.
