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H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds (Paperback, 2006, Penguin Books)

The ultimate science fiction classic: for more than one hundred years, this compelling tale of …

Review of 'The War of the Worlds' on 'Goodreads'

Starts well and the pacing is fine, then suddenly the plot is rapidly wound up in the last 10 pages with no proper explanation. Struggling to see how this is a classic for any reason other than the fact that it was an early SciFi novel - it is certainly not a literary masterpiece.