Should I read "The War of the Worlds"

[Tinker Gnome]

Well, my school library has this book, and I was wondering if I should check it out and read it. I know the basic plot, but has anyone here read it?

 

[Jamdin]

Yes, I highly recommend that you read The War of the Worlds. I have read it twice: once in high school and again twenty years later. It is still a great book to read. I also recommend The Time Machine if you have not read that yet. H. G. Wells is one of the true classics.

 

[David Howery]

I second that... read it. It's kind of odd (you never do learn the name of the first-person narrator), but it is indeed a classic...

 

[Umbran]

Aside from beign good, there's a lot to be learned about fiction in general from reading that written in other times. Wells was writing to a different audience, in a style and voice we aren't used to any more. Reading the occasional classic keeps your brain from getting ito a rut about what constitutes "good" work.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Yes, read it. It's a very short book, and an easy read. Some little surprises if you are only familiar with the movie versions or the famous radio broadcast. And as Jamdin mentioned above, read the Time Machine as well. Both books are worth reading, and are true classics in the genre.

 

[threshel]

Absolutely read it. Awesome book.


J

 

[Wombat]

Let me join the chorus here -- this is a great book!

And if you get into it, you can follow it up with The Invisible Man and/or The Island of Dr. Moreau

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

The first "real" book I ever read as a wee tyke - so yes!

 

[Desdichado]

Has anyone not read it is the better question! Yes, I totally recommend it.

 

[Wolf72]

another vote for "yes"!!

after I read this book, then watched the movie again ... I liked the book much better (although the heat ray from the martians always cracks me and my friends up ... ooh lets stand here and become permanent chalk marks on the ground!)