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Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. - Summary by Wikipedia]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/72170882</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 15:29:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72170882/war_of_the_worlds_version_4_h_g_wells.mp3" length="169900020" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>H. G. Wells</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by Pearson's Magazine in the UK and by Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. 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