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 "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century

   that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences

   greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own.”     H.G.Wells, War of the Worlds, 1897 

Excerpt from WOTW: The Epilogue -- Chapter 10

At any rate, whether we expect another invasion or not, our views of the human future must be greatly modified by these events. We have learned now that we cannot regard this planet as being fenced in and a secure abiding place for Man; we can never anticipate the unseen good or evil that may come upon us suddenly out of space. It may be that in the larger design of the universe this invasion from Mars is not without its ultimate benefit for men; it has robbed us of that serene confidence in the future which is the most fruitful source of decadence, the gifts to human science it has brought are enormous, and it has done much to promote the conception of the commonweal of mankind. It may be that across the immensity of space the Martians have watched the fate of these pioneers of theirs and learned their lesson.... Be that as it may, for many years yet there will certainly be no relaxation of the eager scrutiny of the Martian disk, and those fiery darts of the sky, the shooting stars, will bring with them as they fall an unavoidable apprehension to all the sons of men.

                                            BTW, before Wells died in 1946, he said:  

“Reality has taken a leaf from my book and set itself to supersede me.” 

The War of the Worlds Reflection Guide and Vocabulary List  

Col. Smith’s Reading list:         www.btwreads.edublogs.org

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the WOTW

http://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/landingpage.aspx

WOTW Websites -- You evaluate!

http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk

http://www.war-of-the-worlds.org/

WOTW in the NEWS

http://www.freep.com/article/20100304/ENT05/3040332/1378/ENT/New-comedy-puts-screwball-twist-on-War-of-the-Worlds 

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-10-12-war-of-the-worlds-rebroadcast_N.htm