Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored." Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books. There are now 65,000 titles available (that's an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such as Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon. Further information on The British Library and its digitisation programme can be found on The British Library website. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback editio Imaginative, highly readable novel that helped launch the science-fiction genre exploits the concept of interplanetary travel with its gripping account of hostile invaders from Mars who use deadly heat rays to decimate all life in their path. Energetic, intense, and strikingly original.

Book I The Coming of the Martians I. The Eve of the War II. The Falling-Star III. On Horsell Common IV. The Cylinder Opens V. The Heat-Ray VI. The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road VII. How I Reached Home VIII. Friday Night IX. The Fighting Begins X. In the Storm XI. At the Window XII. What I saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton XIII. How I fell in with the Curate XIV. In London XV. What had happened in Surrey XVI. The Exodus from London XVII. The "Thunder Child" Book II The Earth under the Martians I. Under Foot II. What we saw from the ruined House III. The Days of Imprisonment IV. The Death of the Curate V. The Stillness VI. The Work of Fifteen Days VII. The Man on Putney Hill VIII. Dead London IX. Wreckage X. The Epilogue

H.G. Wells was a professional writer and journalist, who published more than a hundred books, including novels, histories, essays and programmes for world regeneration. Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction, but later he became an apostle of socialism, science and progress. His controversial views on sexual equality and the shape of a truly developed nation remain directly relevant to our world today. He was, in Bertrand Russell's words, 'an important liberator of thought and action'. Brian Aldiss is a famed science fiction writer. Patrick Parrinder has written on H.G. Wells, science fiction, James Joyce and the history of the English novel. Since 1986 he has been Professor of English at the University of Reading. Andy Sawyer is a Librarian at the University of Liverpool with a particular interest in science fiction. He has annotated four volumes in this series. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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