宇宙戦争 우주전쟁
[b]The War of the Worlds[/b] (宇宙戦争) is a classic, very famous and influential [[science fiction]] novel published by English writer H. G. Wells in 1898. 

Is the first person narrative of an unnamed protagonist's odyssey in Surrey and London as [[Earth (planet)|]] is invaded and devastated by [[alien]]s from planet [[Mars (planet)|]]. Written in the period of 1895–1897, the book is one of the earliest realistic stories that details a conflict between mankind and a more advanced and hostile extraterrestrial race. 

At the time of publication it was classified as a scientific romance. The War of the Worlds has been both popular (having never gone out of print) and influential, spawning half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, a record album, various comic book adaptations, a television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors. It is one of the first works of fiction known to depict alien [[mecha]].

It has even influenced the work of [[real life]] [[scientist]]s, most notably American rocket scientist [[Robert Hutchings Goddard]].

h4. See also

* [[Tripod (mecha)]]
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