[[file:War_of_the_worlds.jpg|130px|thumb|Illustration of the martian tripods]]
[[file:War_of_the_worlds.jpg|130px|thumb|Illustration of the martian tripods]]
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'''''The War of the Worlds''''' is a [[novel]] by [[H.G. Wells]] that was first published in 1898. The roughly 70,000-word novel, which is divided into two parts ("books"), deals with a possible invasion of Earth by fictional [[Mars|Martians]], who in the story are technologically more advanced than the humans. Rich in vocabulary and more exciting than books promoted by [[liberal]]s, this novel is a superb choice for nearly anyone.
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'''''The War of the Worlds''''' is a [[novel]] by [[H.G. Wells]] that was first published in 1898. This roughly 60,000-word novel,<ref>https://blog.fostergrant.co.uk/2017/08/03/word-counts-popular-books-world/</ref> which is divided into two parts ("books"), deals with a possible invasion of Earth by fictional [[Mars|Martians]], who in the story are technologically more advanced than the humans. Rich in vocabulary and more exciting than books promoted by [[liberal]]s, this novel is a superb choice for nearly anyone.
Written before mankind could fly, this novel is groundbreaking [[science fiction]], perhaps the first and greatest of that genre.
Written before mankind could fly, this novel is groundbreaking [[science fiction]], perhaps the first and greatest of that genre.