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Theme: societal collapse

The War of the Worlds / Collective Panic

Author: H.G. Wells (Gutenberg) | Themes: chaos, fear, survival, instinct, societal collapse | Source: Project Gutenberg | Published: 2026-01-07

Sparks and burning twigs began to fall into the road, and single leaves like puffs of flame. There were shrieks and shouts, and suddenly a mounted pol...