A review by caterinaanna
The First H.G. Wells Omnibus: The Invisible Man/War of the Worlds/The Island of Dr Moreau by H.G. Wells

4.0

The War of the Worlds is, I agree, a much stronger story than [b:The Time Machine|2493|The Time Machine|H.G. Wells|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41PRHZqppUL._SL75_.jpg|3234863]. The way in which it shows different reactions to the crisis - all ultimately futile - and demonstrates the power of nature in its well-known ending has not dated at all. OK, so we are no longer worried about technologically advanced Martians, but is it ultimately thanks to Wells that plenty of precautions will be taken before any Martian soil samples are sent plummeting back to Earth?