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What did you think about The War of the Worlds?

>> No.17377923

>>17377361
enjoyable and interesting. i felt his fear as he ran from the aliens.

>> No.17378108
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>>17377361
island of dr moreau > time machine > war of the worlds> invisible man > first men on the moon > food of the gods

>> No.17379527

>>17377361
Unironically loved it. Read it last year and was impressed at how bleak and creepy it was. Wells also had a feel for military strategy (he wrote a book on wargaming) which adds to the authenticity.

>> No.17380437

>>17379527
>he wrote a book on wargaming
rather, he created a board game instruction manual, and called it a story.

>> No.17380455

>>17378108
Shit take

Invisible Man > Time Machine > War of the Worlds > Island of Dr Moreau > Food of the Gods > First Men in the Moon > In the Days of the Comet

>> No.17380487
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>>17380455
what on earth could you have possibly liked about invisible man? your brain must be dissected by scientists.
it has hardly any symbolism, it only has one theme as far as i can tell, it's hard to understand unless you're cockney british. if you like the suspense, then it doesn't even have half the suspense in time machine or moreau

>> No.17380514

>>17380487
It's about a man who's fucking invisible, what's not to like there? What are you? some kind of virgin?

>> No.17380553

REMINDER TO EVERYONE: LISTEN TO THE PROG-ROCK ALBUM, IT'S KINO

>> No.17380761

>>17377361
Been a while since I read it. I guess the beginning kind of dragged, but the mass panic scene and the MC in the broken house with the other dude observing the aliens were great.

>>17380455
>>17378108
Haven't read the last two/three and invisible man yet but from TM/Moreau/WW, the best one definitly was Time Machine.

>> No.17381028 [DELETED] 

>>17380553
SENSING VICTORY WAS NEARING
THINKING FORTUNE MUST HAVE SMILED
PEOPLE STARTED CHEERING

>> No.17381062

>>17380553
SENSING VICTORY WAS NEARING

>> No.17381092
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>>17377361
It's great, one of my favs, but don't read this trash follow up. The author is absolutely unqualified to pair his name to H.G. Welles' great work.

>> No.17381109

>>17380553
The only kino genre of music is heavy metal

>> No.17381276

>>17381092
what happens in it?

>> No.17382011

>>17381092
What does? It's completely lacking in imagination or originality. The author likes to superimpose his progressive beliefs over the original's. It seems the only purpose of the plucky female protagonist is to lecture how superior she is to the men around her. Most of the book takes place in the same locations, with the same Martian invasion. It's overly punctuated, written in a tepid, condescending voice. Contemporary fiction is a joke.

>> No.17382019

>>17382011
Meant for>>17381276