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The War of the Worlds is perhaps one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written, a chilling, brooding tale that has lost none of its power or punch as the soulless alien invaders blast their way across the English countryside, collecting hapless humans for fiendish experiments and scorching the land. Coming at a time of great technological leaps and bounds, it is not surprising that the War of the Worlds makes as much comment on the fragility of the human race and its dependence on technology, as it does the indestructible nature of the human spirit. Though constantly beaten back, the dwindling human armies throw all the might of their warships at the alien machines with little or no effect--in the end, it is the common cold which brings about the downfall of the extra-terrestrial killers. Their motivations are never explained, nor do they need to be, their chilling cries echoing across the deserted, burning countryside of Britain accting as both a chilling war cry and a blood-curdling wake-up call. Surely, one of the most essential science fiction publications you could ever buy. --Jonathan Weir. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.
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Sarah Prielipp, Chippewa River District Library System, Mt Pleasant, MI
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Hörkassette .
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I especially recommend this book for those of us with short attention spans - it's only 140 pages (and that's the large print version). But don't get the wrong idea, this book still has more depth and creativity than most 500 page books i've read and is a great read, even compared with today's science fiction standards.
This book has to be considered a classic considering it spawned a whole genre of time traveling books, movies, and tv shows whcih imitated it. Get a hold of a copy and read it today!
Zwar birgt diese Thematik aus heutiger Sicht mehr Möglichkeiten als der Autor zu seiner Zeit hineinpacken konnte. Dennoch ist dieses Buch ein ebenso spannender wie interessanter Meilenstein des Science-Fiction-Genres.
Wenn die Schulkinder dabei nicht "mündlich" mitmachen, dann mag das vielleicht eher an der pädagogischen Vermittlung denn am Stoff liegen. Nicht zuletzt gibt es zwei Verfilmungen (wobei nur die ältere zu empfehlen ist), mit der man den Schulkindern diese Thematik näher bringen könnte.
Und ob sich die Menschheit nicht tatsächlich in (mindestens) zwei unterschiedliche "Klassen" aufspalten könnte, sollte zumindest diskutiert werden, ohne diesen Ansatz gleich als "sozialdarwinistisch" zu verwerfen. Die Zeit wird zeigen, wie sich die Sache entwickelt. Wells war ja kein Prophet, sondern Schriftsteller.
In the distant future there is nothing, not a trace, of our world left. The Time Travller discovers a new society and finds that we have evolved into a puny, ineffectual race called Eloi. At night he discovers the other half of the society, the hideous, carniverous Morlocks. The Eloi live simple lives and play in the sun. They are food for the Morlocks, who live underground, operating machinery. The Time Traveller goes even further into the future, to a depressing world where the sun is dying and monstrous creatures roam the surface.
Getting away from the point for a moment, there was once a "Doctor Who" story called "Timelash". In that story the Doctor travels back in time and meets a young writer called Herbert, who accompanies the Doctor on a journey to the future on another planet. There are monsters called Morlox. At the end of the story the young writer gives the Doctor one of his cards, which has the name HG Wells. The story implied that HG Wells' novel was inspired by the Doctor! But in reality "The Time Machine" paved the way for "Doctor Who", one of my favourite childhood shows. So we owe a lot to Wells.
Time travel looks like a fun thing to do but sometimes it's best if the future is left unknown. Would you want to know your own future and find it's not what you hoped for?
Can you imagine how man will look like in the year Eight hundred and Two Thousand... Lesen Sie weiter...
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