"War of the Worlds (TV series) War of the Worlds is a Canadian/American science-fiction television series that ran for two seasons, from October 7, 1988 to May 14, 1990. The series is a sequel to the 1953 film ""The War of the Worlds"", a loose adaptation of the novel of the same title by H. G. Wells, using the same war machine designs and often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and the original novel into its mythology. Though the original film's producer, George Pal, envisioned a TV series from the same film sometime in the 1970s, it was"
"elements"". H. G. Wells was a prolific author who is now best known for his science fiction novels, most notably ""The War of the Worlds"", ""The Time Machine"", ""The Invisible Man"" and ""The Island of Doctor Moreau"" all written in the 1890s. Other novels include ""Kipps"" (1905) and ""Mr Polly"" (1910). Forster's most famous work, ""A Passage to India"" 1924, reflected challenges to imperialism, while his earlier novels, such as ""A Room with a View"" (1908) and ""Howards End"" (1910), examined the restrictions and hypocrisy of Edwardian society in England. Another major work of science fiction, from the early 20th"
"(1895), and ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) which describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians, and Wells is seen, along with Frenchman Jules Verne (1828–1905), as a major figure in the development of the science fiction genre. He also wrote realistic fiction about the lower middle class in novels like ""Kipps"" (1905) and ""The History of Mr Polly"" (1910). Penny dreadful publications were an alternative to mainstream works, and were aimed at working class adolescents, introducing the infamous Sweeney Todd. The premier ghost story writer of the 19th century was the Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu. His"
"Great Work of Time ""Great Work of Time"" is a science fiction novella by American writer John Crowley, originally published in Crowley's 1989 book collection ""Novelty"". A story involving time travel, it concerns a secret society whose aim is to avert World War I in order to preserve and expand the British Empire. The title comes from Andrew Marvell's poem about Oliver Cromwell, who, Marvell said, The story sub-divides into chapters which initially seem to be completely separate, but a connection is starting to be formed in Chapter III. The first chapter explains the origins of the time machine later"
"Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds is a sequel to H. G. Wells's science fiction novel ""The War of the Worlds"", written by Manly Wade Wellman and his son Wade Wellman, and published in 1975. It is a pastiche crossover which combines H. G. Wells's extraterrestrial invasion story with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Professor Challenger stories. The book is composed of stories originally published in ""The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction"". The story consists of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Professor Challenger in London during the Martian"
"The Space Machine The Space Machine, subtitled A Scientific Romance, is a science fiction novel written by English writer Christopher Priest. First published in 1976, it follows the travels of protagonists Edward Turnbull and Amelia Fitzgibbon. The pair is dropped on the surface of Mars (due to interference by Turnbull) prior to the Martian invasion of Earth that forms the storyline of ""The War of the Worlds"". Edward and Amelia, who works for the inventor Sir William Reynolds, have used Reynolds's space and time machine to jump into the future at the onset of the Mars invasion. They find that,"
"accuracy, especially ""Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"" (1870) which predicted the modern nuclear submarine. In 1887 the novel ""El anacronópete"" by Spanish author Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau introduced the first time machine. Many critics consider H. G. Wells one of science fiction's most important authors, or even ""the Shakespeare of science fiction”. His most notable science fiction works include ""The Time Machine"" (1895), ""The Island of Doctor Moreau"" (1896), ""The Invisible Man"" (1897), and ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898). His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering. In his non-fiction futurologist works he predicted"
"The Time Machine The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895 and written as a frame narrative. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards in time. The term ""time machine"", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle. ""The Time Machine"" has been adapted into three feature films of the same name, as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic"
"material. L. Sprague de Camp calls Verne ""the world's first full-time science fiction novelist."" Wells's stories, on the other hand, use science fiction devices to make didactic points about his society. In ""The Time Machine"" (1895), for example, the technical details of the machine are glossed over quickly so that the Time Traveller can tell a story that criticizes the stratification of English society. The story also uses Darwinian evolution (as would be expected in a former student of Darwin's champion, Huxley), and shows an awareness of Marxism. In ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898), the Martians' technology is not"
"George MacDonald, the influential author of ""The Princess and the Goblin"" and ""Phantastes"" (1858). Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ""The Moonstone"" (1868), is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) was an important Scottish writer at the end of the nineteenth century, author of ""Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"" (1886), and the historical novel ""Kidnapped"" (1886). H.G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like ""The Time Machine"" (1895), and ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) which describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians,"
"He has written commissioned histories of the Parents' and Friends Association in Western Australia and The Victoria League in Western Australia. He has had two novels published by Acashic – ""Counterstrike"" set in and off Western Australia in the near future, and ""Time Machine Troopers"", a sequel to H. G. Wells's ""The Time Machine"", set in 802719 and featuring Wells himself, Winston Churchill, H. G. Wells and Lord Robert Baden-Powell as characters. ""Counterstrike"" has been described in The American Spectator Online and the Perth ""Record"" as a ""thriller of ideas, one of the first books to grapple with the problems"
"he planned and wrote ""The War of the Worlds"" and ""The Time Machine"", completed ""The Island of Dr Moreau"", wrote and published ""The Wonderful Visit"" and ""The Wheels of Chance"", and began writing two other early books, ""When The Sleeper Wakes"" and ""Love and Mr Lewisham"". In late summer 1896, Wells and Jane moved to a larger house in Worcester Park, near Kingston upon Thames, for two years; this lasted until his poor health took them to Sandgate, near Folkestone, where he constructed a large family home, Spade House, in 1901. He had two sons with Jane: George Philip (known"
"humanity has split into two distinct species, the elfin Eloi and the brutal Morlocks. Later in the story, the time traveler moves forward to a dying Earth beneath a swollen red sun. ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) depicts an invasion of Earth by inhabitants of the planet Mars. The aliens systematically destroy Victorian England with advanced weaponry mounted on nearly indestructible vehicles. Due to the (in)famous radio adaptation of the novel by Orson Welles on his show, ""The Mercury Theatre on the Air"", the novel has become one of the best known early apocalyptic works. It has subsequently been"
"the nineteenth century. Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel ""The Moonstone"" (1868), is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language, while ""The Woman in White"" is regarded as one of the finest sensation novels. H. G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like ""The Time Machine"" (1895), and ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) which describes an invasion of late Victorian England by Martians, and Wells is seen, along with Frenchman Jules Verne (1828–1905), as a major figure in the development of the science fiction genre. He also wrote realistic fiction about the"
"a global scale. A futurist, he wrote a number of utopian works and foresaw the advent of aircraft, tanks, space travel, nuclear weapons, satellite television and something resembling the World Wide Web. His science fiction imagined time travel, alien invasion, invisibility, and biological engineering. Brian Aldiss referred to Wells as the ""Shakespeare of science fiction"". His most notable science fiction works include ""The Time Machine"" (1895), ""The Island of Doctor Moreau"" (1896), ""The Invisible Man"" (1897), ""The War of the Worlds"" (1898) and the military science fiction ""The War in the Air"" (1907). Wells was nominated for the Nobel Prize"
"as Scandinavia, did likewise. Along with this new appreciation of history, the future also became a topic for fiction. This had been done earlier in works like Samuel Madden's ""Memoirs of the Twentieth Century"" (1733) and Mary Shelley's ""The Last Man"" (1826), a work whose plot culminated in the catastrophic last days of a mankind extinguished by the plague. Edward Bellamy's ""Looking Backward"" (1887) and H.G. Wells's ""The Time Machine"" (1895) were concerned with technological and biological developments. Industrialization, Darwin's theory of evolution and Marx's theory of class divisions shaped these works and turned historical processes into a subject of"
"The Gate of Worlds The Gate of Worlds is an alternate history novel by American writer Robert Silverberg. It was first published by Holt, Rinehart & Winston in the United States in 1967. The first UK hardcover edition was published by Gollancz in 1978. The Black Death killed three fourths of the European population, delaying progress and, ultimately, the Industrial Revolution. Most of Central Europe was conquered by the Ottoman Empire, which occupied it until the twentieth century, leaving it in no shape for colonization of much of the non-European world as in our timeline. Constantinople was conquered in 1420,"
"Asimov's Chronology of the World Asimov's Chronology of the World is a 1991 book by Isaac Asimov, in which the author explains in chronological order important events that happened from the Big Bang until the end of World War II. Each chapter covers a certain time period. The chapter is then broken down into headings for each important empire or country of the time and describes the events that happened there during that chapter's time period. The book is mostly a literary and comprehensive summary on historic people, events, and their connection and influence in historical and geographical context. Unlike"
"Morlock Morlocks are a fictional species created by H. G. Wells for his 1895 novel, ""The Time Machine"", and are the main antagonist. Since their creation by H. G. Wells, the Morlocks have appeared in many other works such as sequels, movies, television shows, and works by other authors, many of which have deviated from the original description. In choosing the name ""Morlocks"", Wells may have been inspired by the Morlachs - an ethnic group in the Balkans which attracted the attention of West and Central European travelers and writers, including famous ones such as Johann Gottfried Herder and Johann"
"The Second World War (book series) The Second World War is a history of the period from the end of the First World War to July 1945, written by Winston Churchill. Churchill labelled the ""moral of the work"" as follows: ""In War: Resolution, In Defeat: Defiance, In Victory: Magnanimity, In Peace: Goodwill"". Churchill wrote the book, with a team of assistants, using both his own notes and privileged access to official documents while still working as a politician; the text was vetted by the Cabinet Secretary. Churchill was largely fair in his treatment, but wrote the history from his personal"
"Superman: War of the Worlds Superman: War of the Worlds is a DC Comics Elseworlds comic story, published in 1998. Written by Roy Thomas with Michael Lark as the artist. The story is a rough adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel ""The War of the Worlds"", but is primarily based on the Superman mythology. Wells' story is transported from early 20th century Britain to Metropolis in 1938. Where the Martian invasion is met with a Golden Age-style Superman who is not blessed with the full range of powers that he typically has in modern comics. Most of the characters"
"argued for a similar position as Mason's in his book ""The Wages of Destruction"". His work on World War II has been praised as ""highly effective (in) the ruthless dispelling of myths"" (A. J. P. Taylor), ""original and important"" (""New York Review of Books"") and ""at the cutting edge"" (""Times Literary Supplement"".) Richard Overy Richard James Overy (born 23 December 1947) is a British historian who has published extensively on the history of World War II and Nazi Germany. In 2007 as ""The Times"" editor of ""Complete History of the World"", he chose the 50 key dates of world history."
"evolution driven by the supposed élan vital likely inspired J. D. Beresford's English evolutionary fantasy, his 1911 ""The Hampdenshire Wonder"". Darwin's version of evolution has been widely explored in fiction, both in fantasies and in imaginative explorations of its grimmer ""survival of the fittest"" effects, with much attention focused on possible human evolution. H. G. Wells's ""The Time Machine"" already mentioned, his 1896 ""The Island of Dr Moreau"", and his 1898 ""The War of the Worlds"" all pessimistically explore the possible dire consequences of the darker sides of human nature in the struggle for survival. More broadly, Joseph Conrad's 1899"
"editions and publications in the United States. Among these is an unpublished material and the manuscripts of such works as ""The War of the Worlds"" and ""The Time Machine"". The collection includes first editions, revisions, translations. The letters contain general family correspondence, communications from publishers, material regarding the Fabian Society, and letters from politicians and public figures, most notably George Bernard Shaw and Joseph Conrad. Sources—collections Sources—letters, essays and interviews Biography Critical essays H. G. Wells Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels,"
"of study by Wells scholars for many years, and in 2006, a book was published on the subject. Some of his early novels, called ""scientific romances"", invented several themes now classic in science fiction in such works as ""The Time Machine"", ""The Island of Doctor Moreau"", ""The Invisible Man"", ""The War of the Worlds"", ""When the Sleeper Wakes"", and ""The First Men in the Moon"". He also wrote realistic novels that received critical acclaim, including ""Kipps"" and a critique of English culture during the Edwardian period, ""Tono-Bungay"". Wells also wrote dozens of short stories and novellas, including, ""The Flowering of"
"The Amtrak Wars The Amtrak Wars is a series of novels written by British author Patrick Tilley. The series is a post-apocalyptic science fiction with some fantasy elements such as the existence of magic. Six novels and an illustrated companion guidebook were published between 1983 and 1990, with additional books planned but never completed. The books have been optioned by an Australian production company with the intent of turning them into a series of feature films. In AD 2015, the old world was destroyed in a nuclear war, known in the books variously as 'The Holocaust' and 'The War of"
"1898. ""The War of the Worlds"" was reprinted in the United States in 1927, a year after the [[Golden Age of Science Fiction] was created by [[Hugo Gernsback]] in ""[[Amazing Stories]]"". [[John W. Campbell]], another key editor of the era, and periodic short story writer, published several alien invasion stories in the 1930s. Many well-known science fiction writers were to follow, including [[Isaac Asimov]], [[Arthur C. Clarke]], [[Clifford Simak]], plus [[Robert A. Heinlein]] who wrote ""[[The Puppet Masters]]"" in 1953. The most well-known alien invasion scenarios involve the aliens landing on Earth, destroying or abducting people, fighting and defeating Earth's"
"Pearl Harbor and later plays a small but vital role in the Battle of Midway. He is later killed by Japanese machine-gunfire during the landing at Bougainville, trying to protect his lover Eddie Parry. The novel also sets the stage for the decades to follow with reference to interracial and homosexual relationships, the creation of the United Nations, more liberal attitudes toward sex, and the growth of Eastern European Communism. Winter of the World Winter of the World is a historical novel written by the Welsh-born author Ken Follett, published in 2012. It is the second book in the ""Century"
"Hauptmann for the Lindbergh kidnapping. Some years later he wrote a biography of Lindbergh. Leonard Mosley Leonard Oswald Mosley (11 February 1913 – June 1992) was a British journalist, historian, biographer and novelist. His works include five novels and biographies of General George Marshall, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, Orde Wingate, Walt Disney, Charles Lindbergh, Du Pont family, Eleanor Dulles, Allen Welsh Dulles, John Foster Dulles and Darryl F. Zanuck. He also worked as chief war correspondent for London's ""The Sunday Times"". Leonard Oswald Mosley was born in Manchester, England on 11 February 1913, the son of Leonard Cyril Mosley and Annie"
"by H.G. Wells in ""The Time Machine"" (1895) in which Wells prophesied the splitting of the human race into differently degenerate forms, and again, a little later, in his ""The Island of Doctor Moreau"" (1896). Joseph Conrad alludes to degeneration theory in his treatment of political radicalism in the 1907 novel ""The Secret Agent"". In her influential study ""The Gothic Body"", Kelly Hurley draws attention to the literary device of the ""abhuman"" as a representation of damaged personal identity, and to lesser-known authors in the field, including Richard Marsh (1857-1915), author of ""The Beetle"" (1897), and William Hope Hodgson (1877–1918),"
"stayed in Stoke-on-Trent, living in Basford. The unique environment of The Potteries was certainly an inspiration. He wrote in a letter to a friend from the area that ""the district made an immense impression on me."" The inspiration for some of his descriptions in ""The War of the Worlds"" is thought to have come from his short time spent here, seeing the iron foundry furnaces burn over the city, shooting huge red light into the skies. His stay in The Potteries also resulted in the macabre short story ""The Cone"" (1895, contemporaneous with his famous ""The Time Machine""), set in"
"TimeWars TimeWars is a series of twelve science fiction paperback books created and written by author Simon Hawke beginning in 1984. The story involves the adventures of an organization tasked with protecting history from being changed by time travelers. In the world of the series, many people and events considered fictional are historical, and vice versa; the action of each book in the series weaves in and out of the events of a famous work of literature. For example, in the first book in the series, time travelers contesting the fate of Richard I of England become caught up in"
"novel such historical figures, fictional characters and works as Christopher Marlowe, Bram Stoker's ""Dracula"", Plato, Gollum, the Disney character Pluto, Samuel Beckett, and William Butler Yeats' ""The Second Coming"", among others. As well as referencing these works and figures, he uses others more extensively, shaping his novel by the examples he chooses, such as 9/11 and its effects on the Earth and its nations. ""Ilium"" is thematically influenced by extropianism, peopled as it is with post-humans of the far future. It therefore continues to explore the theme pioneered by H. G. Wells in ""The Time Machine"", a work which is"