Complex sentence: The underlying philosophy of the book is very different to, indeed contradictory to, the original Wells story in which the idea is repeatedly expressed of humans being completely helpless before the Martian invaders, as are other creatures towards the humans.
Split into simpler sentences: The underlying philosophy of the book is very different to, indeed contradictory to, the original Wells story. There, the idea is repeatedly expressed of humans being completely helpless before the Martian invaders, as are other creatures towards the humans.