The time machine : The war of the worlds / H.G. Wells ; introduction by Isaac Asimov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Contributor:

Asimov, Isaac, 1920-1992.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Time travel--Fiction.

Time travel.

Imaginary wars and battles--Fiction.

Imaginary wars and battles.

Human-alien encounters--Fiction.

Human-alien encounters.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copies)

Physical Description:

277 pages ; 18 cm

Other Title:

War of the worlds

Place of Publication:

New York : Fawcett Premier, Published by Ballantine Books, 1983.

Summary:

Time Machine: A time traveler voyages into the year 802701 to discover that the world is divided into two groups, the Morlocks and the Eloi.

War of the worlds: When a Martian spacecraft lands on Woking Common, mankind is terrorized by aliens in tall, armored capsules which stalk the countryside on three legs. The machines wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties, and survivors are driven underground. Scientist John Nicholson tells how he was plunged into a paralyzing nightmare of stark terror, savage madness and utter destruction.

Notes:

A Fawcett Premier book: 30043-9

First Ballantine Books edition: February 1983. 33rd printing. (First Fawcett premier edition : August 1968).

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Adams Collection copy 2 is 43rd printing, with imprint: Fawcett Books.

ISBN:

0449300102

9780449300107

OCLC:

10701894