War of the Worlds: New Millennium War of the Worlds: New Millennium After the most recent unmanned mission to Mars inexplicably fails, interest in the Red Planet is still high. The whole world watches as a bright spot of light appears daily on the Martian surface. As they continue, theories abound about what is causing it. Telescopes pick up movement in space: something came from Mars and is headed towards Earth. As explained in the Author's Note of the novel, H. G. Wells wrote the original "The War of the Worlds" prior to any modern military conflict (such as World War I or World War II).
The War of the Worlds the serialisation in the "New York Evening Journal". "The War of the Worlds" was generally received very favourably by both readers and critics upon its publication. There was however some criticism of the brutal nature of the events in the narrative. Between 1871 and 1914 over 60 works of fiction for adult readers describing invasions of Great Britain were published. The seminal work was "The Battle of Dorking" (1871) by George Tomkyns Chesney, an army officer. The book portrays a surprise German attack, with a landing on the South coast of England, made possible by the distraction of the Royal