• 导读
  • 本书是英国科幻小说大师H.G.威尔斯描写外星人入侵地球的科幻小说,小说背景采用真实地点, 并以第一人称口吻叙述,颇像一位大浩劫的幸存者讲述他的生命历险记,惊心动魄而又绘声绘色,给人 以身临其境之感。

  • 内容简介
  • 伦敦郊外坠下大量不明物体,市民纷纷前往围观。不料从不明物体中涌出大量外星人,它们拥有远超出人类社会的科技水平,人类的重型武器也完全与其抗衡。外星人使用激光、生化武器、巨型装甲战车对人类进行空前屠杀。人性在战役中也受到前所未有的挑战。正当全体人类一筹莫展,整个世界陷入巨大恐慌的时候,外星人突然开始神秘死亡,原来是外星人无法抵抗地球上的细菌和病毒。侥幸逃出生天的人类是否能继续更好地生存下去?

  • 作者简介
  • 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯(Herbert George Wells,1866-1946),英国著名小说家,尤以科幻小说创作闻名于世。1895年出版《时间机器》一举成名,随后又发表了《莫洛博士岛》、《隐身人》、《星际战争》等多部科幻小说。他还是一位社会改革家和预言家,曾是费边社的重要成员,会晤过罗斯福和斯大林,撰写了《基普斯》、《托诺-邦盖》、《波里先生和他的历史》、《勃列林先生看穿了他》、《恩惠》、《预测》、《世界史纲》等大量关注现实,思考未来的作品。

    Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866–13 August 1946), known primarily as H.G.Wells, was a prolific English writer in many genres, including the novel, history, politics, and social commentary, and textbooks and rules for war games. He is now best remembered for his science fiction novels, and Wells is called the father of science fiction, along with Jules Verne and Hugo Gernsback. His most notable science fiction works include The Time Machine (1895), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).

  • 目录
    • The War of the Worlds
    • I. THE EVE OF THE WAR
    • II. THE FALLING STAR
    • III. ON HORSELL COMMON
    • IV. THE CYLINDER OPENS
    • V. THE HEAT-RAY
    • VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD
    • VII. HOW I REACHED HOME
    • VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT
    • IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS
    • X. IN THE STORM
    • XI. AT THE WINDOW
    • XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERTON
    • XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE
    • XIV. IN LONDON
    • XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY
    • XVI. THE EXODUS FROM LONDON
    • XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”
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