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9781932100556

The War of the Worlds; Fresh Perspectives on the H. G. Wells Classic

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  • ISBN13:

    9781932100556

  • ISBN10:

    1932100555

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2005-05-01
  • Publisher: Benbella Books
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Summary

H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, one of the great classics of science fiction, is as vivid and powerful today as the day it was written. In this collection, fourteen of science fiction's greatest talents come together to discuss, with insight and humor, one of science fiction's most important works. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Glenn Yeffeth is the editor of Seven Seasons of Buffy and Taking the Red Pill: Science, Philosophy and Religion in The Matrix. He lives in Dallas, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(14)
Robert Silverberg
The War of the Worlds 15(138)
H.G. Wells
The Night Wind and the Morning Star 153(12)
Robert Charles Wilson
Just Who Were Those Martians, Anyway? 165(8)
Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Martians Among Us 173(8)
Pamela Sargent
H.G. Wells' Enduring Mythos of Mars 181(8)
Stephen Baxter
The Evolution of the Martians 189(10)
Jack Williamson
Wars of the Worlds 199(16)
David Gerrold
In Woking's Image 215(10)
Mercedes Lackey
Wells, Welles, Well!, or Who Called the Martians Down? 225(10)
Fred Saberhagen
The Fear of the Worlds 235(16)
George Zebrowski
Martian Compassion 251(18)
David Zindell
The Tiniest Assassins 269(4)
Mike Resnick
Of Warfare and The War of the Worlds 273(12)
Ian Watson
"The Soul Selects Her Own Society" 285
Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective
Connie Willis

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