Invisible Man / War of the Worlds Author:H. G. Wells Two of the Most Astonishingly Vivid Tales Ever Written — The Invisible Man is the startling tale of a man who uncovers the ultimate secret of invisibility and with it--Instead of wealth or power--his own destruction. — The war of the worlds has stirred the imaginations of countless readers--and writers. — The first novel to describe the menace from... more » space--in the form of a calamitius invasion from Mars--it also gave the firstdetaled description of mechanized warfare and introduced the world to the terrifying weapon known as the Heat-Ray.
So realistic and effective is Well's gripping story that it became the model for the entire literary tradition of Science Fiction.« less