The war of the worlds
By: H.G. Wells ; edited by Patrick Parrinder ; with an introduction by Brian Aldiss and notes by Andy Sawyer.
Contributors: Parrinder, Patrick.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London, England; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780141441030
Subjects: Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction; Space warfare -- Fiction; Mars (Planet) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.
Notes: First published in 1898.

Includes bibliographical references.