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"It all began with a falling star--a star that proved to be a spaceship filled with "visitors" from the planet Mars. They came in a huge cylinder, armed with a terrifying heat-ray that could destroy men and cities in an instant. The visitors themselves were of a frightening height, an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1964.
Edition:Berkley highland edition.
Subjects:
Imaginary wars and battles > Fiction.
Space warfare > Fiction.
Human-alien encounters in literature.
Mars (Planet) > Fiction.
Science fiction, English.
Imaginary wars and battles.
Space warfare.
Mars (Planet)
Fiction.
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Summary:"It all began with a falling star--a star that proved to be a spaceship filled with "visitors" from the planet Mars. They came in a huge cylinder, armed with a terrifying heat-ray that could destroy men and cities in an instant. The visitors themselves were of a frightening height, and apparently indestructible. All human life on earth seemed on the verge of total extinction ..."--Page 4 of cover.
Physical Description:173 pages ; 18 cm.