The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds is a book written by H.G. Wells that was released in 1898. It is a story about an alien invasion on Earth.

Fiction

IDW Dark of the Moon comics

In 1898, Philippe Bowen was reading The War of the Worlds while the rest of the expedition team actually bothered about their expedition. Original

Notes

• The character Theodore Joseph Wells was (last) named after the author of The War of the Worlds.
• The War of the Worlds was such a success that many adaptations of it have been made. In the context of Transformers, the most notable is the original radio adaption, directed and narrated by Orson Welles — the original voice of Unicron.