"The War of the Worlds"
by H G Wells
Review by Shigeru Inoue
(2009)
H. G. Wells wrote this book in 1898. This is a classic science fiction novel. This is the first novel about the Martians
attacking the Earth.
Mars is an older planet than Earth. Mars has a lot of problems because the temperature dropped rapidly and it became very dry. Survival on Mars became difficult because it was changing to a desert.
The astronomer Ogilvy saw that happening with his telescope and he got excited. The rest of Britain also became interested in Mars. After a few days, people saw the flame, which came from the sky at midnight. But at that time, no-one had any idea about what it was.
One day, one of the meteorites fell to the ground. The canisters were shot into space around midnight for ten nights. At that time, Ogilvy thought there was a man inside it. And he hurried to tell people and talked to a journalist, Henderson. The news spread very rapidly and soon there was a crowd of people who came to see the canisters.
Suddenly, the canisters opened slowly and one of the Martians appeared. Everyone was stricken with fear and ran away very quickly. But, after the Martians went inside the canisters, everyone became curious and again went close to the meteorite.
The narrator went home and told his wife that Martians started to invade. He took his wife to a safe place to hide from the Martians.
Martians started to attack the Earth and everyone was in a panic. However, at the end, the Martians died from bacteria to which men have become immune.
Many people died because of the attack, but peace is restored and people went back to their old homes. But, the narrator still has flashback of the Martians attacking the Earth and fears their return. The story ends.
I recommend this book, because it predicts the future of the Earth and makes us think seriously about our future.
The War of the Worlds means the War between the Earth and Mars. It also means the War between the Present and the Future.
Mars is an older planet than Earth. Mars has a lot of problems because the temperature dropped rapidly and it became very dry. Survival on Mars became difficult because it was changing to a desert.
The astronomer Ogilvy saw that happening with his telescope and he got excited. The rest of Britain also became interested in Mars. After a few days, people saw the flame, which came from the sky at midnight. But at that time, no-one had any idea about what it was.
One day, one of the meteorites fell to the ground. The canisters were shot into space around midnight for ten nights. At that time, Ogilvy thought there was a man inside it. And he hurried to tell people and talked to a journalist, Henderson. The news spread very rapidly and soon there was a crowd of people who came to see the canisters.
Suddenly, the canisters opened slowly and one of the Martians appeared. Everyone was stricken with fear and ran away very quickly. But, after the Martians went inside the canisters, everyone became curious and again went close to the meteorite.
The narrator went home and told his wife that Martians started to invade. He took his wife to a safe place to hide from the Martians.
Martians started to attack the Earth and everyone was in a panic. However, at the end, the Martians died from bacteria to which men have become immune.
Many people died because of the attack, but peace is restored and people went back to their old homes. But, the narrator still has flashback of the Martians attacking the Earth and fears their return. The story ends.
I recommend this book, because it predicts the future of the Earth and makes us think seriously about our future.
The War of the Worlds means the War between the Earth and Mars. It also means the War between the Present and the Future.
In this novel, the Martians are destroyed in
the end. But, we must think that it can
be the humans who can also be destroyed in the end. Mars became too cool and dry. Martians could not survive on Mars any longer
time and they invaded Earth. Maybe it is
the destiny of the Earth in the future.
This novel makes us think about the future of our Earth.
This is the first book written about space war. It wrote the image of the Martians just like the octopus and people became afraid of them. But I don’t think the author wrote this book to make people scared of Mars attack.
I believe the author, H.G. Wells, wrote this book because he wanted to warn people about the future of our civilization.
This is the first book written about space war. It wrote the image of the Martians just like the octopus and people became afraid of them. But I don’t think the author wrote this book to make people scared of Mars attack.
I believe the author, H.G. Wells, wrote this book because he wanted to warn people about the future of our civilization.