The War Of The Worlds : Om Illustrated Classics

H G Wells

Oct 2018 · Om Books International

About this ebook

  The inhabitants of Mars have attacked Earth! It’s pandemonium
everywhere. Cities and countryside are razed to the ground as
dreaded aliens unleash their fiery power. Nobody realises that the
world, as they know it, is coming to an end when a flaming spaceship
hits the earth and out come strange creatures ready to devour
everything that comes in their path.
Can the world be saved at all? Will these strange, tentacled aliens be
stopped before all is burnt and lost forever? Will the earth bloom
again? Find out as you read the thrilling story of the time when two
worlds fought the most destructive war ever.

About the author

H. G. Wells was born in Bromley, England on September 21, 1866. After a limited education, he was apprenticed to a draper, but soon found he wanted something more out of life. He read widely and got a position as a student assistant in a secondary school, eventually winning a scholarship to the Royal College of Science in South Kensington, where he studied biology. He graduated from London University in 1888 and became a science teacher. He also wrote for magazines. When his stories began to sell, he left teaching to write full time. He became an author best known for science fiction novels and comic novels. His science fiction novels include The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon, and The Food of the Gods. His comic novels include Love and Mr. Lewisham, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul, The History of Mr. Polly, and Tono-Bungay. He also wrote several short story collections including The Stolen Bacillus, The Plattner Story, and Tales of Space and Time. He died on August 13, 1946 at the age of 79.