# The War of the Worlds

by [H. G. Wells](https://localbooks.app/authors/h-g-wells)

- Genres: [第一次接触](https://localbooks.app/genres/science-fiction/first-contact), [末日后](https://localbooks.app/genres/science-fiction/post-apocalyptic)
- Set in: [沃金, 英格兰, 英国](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/woking); [倫敦, 英格兰, 英国](https://localbooks.app/places/gb/england/london); [火星](https://localbooks.app/places/outer-space/mars) (外太空, not a real place)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1898
- Pages: 206

## Description

Cylinders fall on the English countryside, and what climbs out is not friendly. Told by a man trying to get home through the chaos, Wells's invasion story set the pattern for a century of alien attacks.

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