Publisher's Synopsis
The world never expected an attack from space. They never expected aliens from another planet would decend on Earth and bring chaos and destruction. The War of the Worlds was first written and published in 1898, by the "father of science fiction", H.G. Wells. It has become one of the most celebrated of stories and it has been constantly republished, illustrated, and trasfered to screens numerous times since its inception. This edition is presented in Large Print format and includes a small biography of the author, as well as telling of the infamous 1938 radio broadcast that supposedly left so many listeners in a panic.