"Naebody wid hae believed in the hinmaist years o the nineteenth century
that this warld wis bein watched keen an close bi harns greater than
man's an yet as mortal as his ain... Yet ben the gap o space, harns that
are tae oor harns as oors are tae thon o the breets that dee, intellects
muckle an cweel an cauld, regairded thon erd wi jealous een, an slaw an
siccar drew their plans agin us." First furthset in 1898, The War o the
Warlds is thocht tae be the first "fremmit invasion" tales, an it's bin
ane o the maist influential science fiction novels iver screived. It's
bin fittit fur radio, stage, an screen, an its inspired an influenced
mony warks o fiction, takkin in comics an graphic novels. Alangside The
Time Machine, The Inveesible Chiel, an The Island o Dr Moreau, Wells'
The War o the Warlds stauns oot as mebbe his maist weel-likit wark.
"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.
