Saturday, 16 November 2024

Wells

This came up as a memory from two years ago. The town of Woking in Surrey, not too far from me, has a permanent tribute to the brilliance of author HG Wells. For those who don't know, his novel The War of the Worlds is set partly in the surrounding area, with Martian tripods towering over Woking.

Many will have read and enjoyed the book and perhaps just as many will have loved the ground breaking musical version from the late 1970's. There is however another brilliant audio adaptation from more recent years, that is perhaps more faithful to the book. Due to Jeff Wayne owning the Rights to the name of all audio adaptations (who knew there was such a thing) this one is called The Martian Invasion of Earth and stars the excellent Richard Armitage.

Anyway here's some Martian related images, watch out for the Heat Ray!









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