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The night after a shooting star is seen streaking through the sky from Mars, a cylinder is discovered on Horsell Common in London. At first, na
An alien invasion in Victorian England
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An alien invasion in Victorian England
H. G. Wells’s 1898 novel places an encounter with intelligent life from Mars in Victorian England, where humanity’s confidence in its knowledge is challenged by an existential threat. This edition pairs the story with Edward Gorey’s pen-and-ink illustrations, originally prepared for a 1960 edition and later made available again by NYRB Classics. The combination brings together Wells’s speculative fiction and Gorey’s visual interpretation of a world under threat.
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