{"product_id":"9781435153172","title":"The War of the Worlds and Other Science Fiction Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThrough his fiction, \u003cb\u003eH.G. Wells\u003c\/b\u003e transformed some of the most pressing social, political, and cultural issues of his day—class struggle, colonial imperialism, nation building, uncontrolled scientific experimentation—into the raw material of brilliant speculative fables.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe six novels collected in \u003ci\u003eThe War of the Worlds and Other Science Fiction Classics\u003c\/i\u003e were all written at the turn of the twentieth century, and with them Wells helped to lay the foundations of modern science fiction.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE TIME MACHINE\u003c\/i\u003e. In a future hundreds of thousands of years hence, a time traveler discovers a world that is a travesty of contemporary civilization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU\u003c\/i\u003e. The god of his own perverse Eden, Dr. Moreau tries to make men of animals and civilize them through laws that invite rebellion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE INVISIBLE MAN\u003c\/i\u003e. Gifted with the power to walk unseen among others, a scientist succumbs to the intoxicating power that his invisibility grants him.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE WAR OF THE WORLDS\u003c\/i\u003e. When Earth comes under siege from extraterrestrial invaders,\u003cbr\u003ethe best and worst of mankind comes out among those struggling to survive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON\u003c\/i\u003e. The Selenite civilization that inhabits the moon is, in some ways, understandable in terms of human society—and in other ways frighteningly different.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eTHE FOOD OF THE GODS\u003c\/i\u003e. Are the oversized animals and humans that develop from an experimental chemical released into the food chain abominations to be gotten rid of—or the wave of the future?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fall River Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154632950000,"sku":"9781435153172","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781435153172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}