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The time machine : the War of the worlds / H.G. Wells ; introduction by Isaac Asimov.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Wells, H.G.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
- Series:
- Fawcett premier book ; M491.
- A Fawcett Premier book ; M491
- 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. (autograph) (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 254 pages ; 19 cm.
- Other Title:
- War of the worlds
- Place of Publication:
- Greenwich, Ct : Fawcett Publications, 197-?, ©1968.
- 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.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- OCLC:
- 959061116
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