Andreas
05-24-2005, 06:07 PM
Alien life, invasion, evolution, and the possible extinction of the human race are all found in Wells' 1898 novel The War of the Worlds. <br>The book tells the story of a Martian invasion of Earth. The Martians, fleeing their own planet because its resources are depleted, invade our Earth, landing in England, sweeping through the countryside, destroying or capturing everything in their path. <br><br>Any effort by the humans to thwart the Martian advance is crushed; the alien invaders seem unstoppable. Unstoppable until the very end of the book when a common germ eliminates the Martian threat. The Martians have no natural immunity to the germ - and capitulate.<br>