The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G.
Wells, first serialised in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by
Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The novel's first appearance in
hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London.The War
of the Worlds is one of the earliest science-fiction that explores the
possibilities of intelligent life from other planets and details a
conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race.. this novel
vividly describes the mass hysteria such an invasion would stimulate and
shows how unprepared our civilization is for the onslaught of forces
from another world.