/lit/ - Literature

The Martians from The War of the Worlds have invaded your favorite story, they've also had their vaccinations. Theres round about fifty spread across ten cylinders. How do the people of your story respond?

>What if humanity... le loses?
Bravo H.G. Wells! How fucking original.

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I hope you guys like it
(horror is welcome as well)

Is it overrated?

I have tried to read this book twice. First when I was 10 and then again more recently. I thought it was going to be an exciting science fiction book. I read Jules Verne and loved 20,000 Leagues under the Sea and especially From the Earth to the Moon, but War of the Worlds is the most wooden and unengaging text I have ever attempted to read. Far worse than the most turgid post-modern door stopper. First of all, you seem to require a degree in English geography to understand what's going on.The characters are caricatures. Additionally, the writing is extremely prosaic to the point of being banal- i.e. "this happened, then that happened, then this happened, then he tried to get on the barge, but there were crying women and children on the barge, then the tripods hit a carriage with the heat ray, then, just as they were about to die, the tripod got distracted by a horse, and it was distracted enough so they could finally leave undetected." The moments that should be exciting fall flat and I am amazed that this book had the cultural impact it had. I can't believe 1930's America was collectively shitting itself when Orson Welles read it on the radio. Every film adaptation is unironically better than the original, and I am convinced the only reason for its success was a catchy name and interesting premise.

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I have tried to read this book twice. First when I was 10 and I have tried again more recently. I thought it was going to be an exciting science fiction book. I read Jules Verne and loved From the Earth the Moon and 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, but War of the Worlds is the most wooden and unengaging text I have ever read. First of all, you seem to require a degree in English geography to understand what's going on. The characters "just exist" and lack personhood outside of the superficial qualities Wells ascribes to them. And, thirdly, though I don't have quotes, the prose is very direct- i.e. "this happened, then that happened, then this happened, then he tried to get on the barge, but there were crying women and children on the barge, then the tripods hit a carriage with the heat ray, then, just as they were about to die, the tripod got distracted by a horse, and it was distracted enough so they could finally leave." The scenes that should be exciting and cinematic fall flat and I am amazed that this book had the cultural impact it had. I can't believe 1930's America was shitting itself when they heard it on the radio. Every film adaptation is unironically better than the original, and I think the only reason for its success was a catchy name and interesting premise.

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the pinnacle of science-fiction

they had no way of winning. you cant make a disease resistance breakthrough without the actual disease

>a goofy looking robot?
>AAAAAAH IM GOING INSANE

What do you guys think of The War of The Worlds?