Review Of Herbert George Wells 'The War Of The Worlds' By H. G Wells

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Inspired by Ancient Greek and Roman Legend, Herbert George Wells creates a idea of a “Heat Ray” and inspires the Ray Gun Era in the 1920s. Using the legends of Zeus, Icarus, Aristophanes and Archimedes, Wells creates a mood as if he was a century in the future during the Victorian Era in his book, “The War of the Worlds”. One of the theories that inspired Wells was the Ancient Greeks myth of Icarus- the man who fell to his death because he flew too close to the sun and the sun’s energy melted the wax on his wings- because the Ancient Greeks realized the power of sunlight. H.G. Wells is one of few writers in history to combine action and a stimulating idea. His book, “The War of the Worlds” was the first book to describe mechanized warfare

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