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H.G. Wells' classic novel is one of the most profound prophetic novels ever written, comparable to other works such as A Brave New World and 1984 in that they predict events leading to the decline of mankind in times of social unrest. In this case, Wells has writ ....

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.... of European culture. The beginning of Mars' assault on Earth is watched with little wonder other than a displaced curiosity. No concern or worry enters the minds of the locals, even after they discover that the sphere that has landed is extraterrestrial. Indeed, even after the sphere opens and the horrific Martians emerge and kill several people, this idea of supremacy does not fade. Gravity seems to act on the Martians "like a cope of lead" (perhaps this is an allusion to the punishment of the hypocrites in Dante's Inferno, where they were forced to wear beautiful robes that were of lead), and our narrator believes that, if worst comes t ....