The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells
The War of the Worlds, H. G. Wells
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The War of the Worlds

Author: H. G. Wells

Narrator: AI Voice Alex Mercer

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/21/2026


Synopsis

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In the closing years of the nineteenth century, an unnamed narrator watches a falling star land on Horsell Common, near London. It is not a meteor. Inside the cylinder, something has travelled across the emptiness between the worlds, and it has not come to talk. Within days the tripod fighting machines are levelling the suburbs of Surrey, the Heat-Ray is burning men to ash in the road, and the Royal Navy's last ironclad goes down fighting something it cannot possibly outrun. Told by a man who spends the invasion separated from everyone he loves, trying simply to stay alive and sane, H. G. Wells's masterpiece invented the modern alien invasion -- and the uneasy idea, still fresh after more than a century, that the planet's ownership may only ever have been a matter of who was better armed. Narrated by Alex Mercer.

About H. G. Wells

Herbert George Wells, better known as H. G. Wells, was a novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian who wrote over 100 books. His novels are among the classic works of science fiction. His works, which go beyond ordinary adventure stories, are thought-provoking, forcing the reader to examine the future of mankind.

Wells was born in Bromley, Kent, in 1866. His father was a shopkeeper and a professional cricketer until he broke his leg. Wells studied biology at the Normal School of Science in London and later taught in several private schools. In 1893, he became a full-time writer. He married one of his brightest students, Amy Catherine, in 1895.

Wells earned his reputation with a string of science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The Invisible Man. In 1938, his realistic portrayal of a martian invasion in The War of the Worlds caused a panic across the United States when it was performed as a radio broadcast by actor Orson Wells. His science fiction stories have since become some of the most filmed works of all time.

Between the two world wars, Wells lived mainly in France. Beyond his literary career, he was the president of an international peace organization (PEN) from 1934 to 1946. In this capacity, he had discussions with both Stalin and Roosevelt, trying to recruit them to his world-saving schemes. However, he later became disillusioned with the cause of peace when global war broke out for the second time in a generation. Throughout the Second World War, Wells lived in his house on Regent's Park, refusing to let the blitz drive him out of London. He died there on August 13, 1946.


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