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The War of the Worlds / Railway Ruin

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: destruction, industrialization, light and dark, human fragility, disaster  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2026-01-08

There was a light down below the hill, on the railway, near the arch, and several of the houses along the Maybury road and the streets near the statio...
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The War of the Worlds / Alien Encounter

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: human fragility, invasion, technology, fear, the unknown  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-13

Something was moving to and fro there, very quietly; every now and then it tapped against the wall, or started on its movements with a faint metallic ...
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The War of the Worlds / Destruction and Indifference

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg)  | Themes: power dynamics, isolation, existential dread, indifference, human fragility  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-11-25

Two days after I was imprisoned it had been destroyed, with every soul in it, by a Martian. He had swept it out of existence, as it seemed, without an...