H. G. Wells The War o the Warlds: The War of the Worlds in North-east Scots

Naebody wid hae believed in the hinmaist years o the nineteenth century that this warld wis bein watched keen an close bi harns greater than mans an yet as mortal as his ain... Yet ben the gap o space, harns that are tae oor harns as oors are tae thon o the breets that dee, intellects muckle an cweel an cauld, regairded thon erd wi jealous een, an slaw an siccar drew their plans agin us. First furthset in 1898, The War o the Warlds is thocht tae be the first "fremmit invasion" tales, an its bin ane o the maist influential science fiction novels iver screived. Its bin fittit fur radio, stage, an screen, an its inspired an influenced mony warks o fiction, takkin in comics an graphic novels. Alangside The Time Machine, The Inveesible Chiel, an The Island o Dr Moreau, Wells The War o the Warlds stauns oot as mebbe his maist weellikit wark."No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than mans and yet as mortal as his own... Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us." First published in 1898, The War of the Worlds is considered to be the first "alien invasion" tales, and has been one of the most influential science fiction novels ever written. It has been adapted for radio,... | H. G. Wells The War o the Warlds: The War of the Worlds in North-east Scots