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The War of the Worlds

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'Death!' I shouted. 'Death is coming! Death!'

In this pioneering, shocking and nightmarish tale, naive 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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Penguin Classics
0241275342 / 9780241275344
Paperback
23/02/2017
129 x 198 mm
Quiz No: 207147, Points 1.00, Book Level 4.70,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More