The War of the Worlds

Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds. London, UK: Heinemann, 1898, from 1897 serialization in Cosmopolitan (in the USA) and Pearson's Magazine (in the UK). Frequently rpt.

See for Martian spacecraft and war machines vs. Terran technology, and the Martian victory until they are wiped out by microscopic Terran pathogens. See in Drama Category WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953) and WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) and note shifting of imaging of the Martian machines and weapons technology, including the eerily beautiful manta ray model from the more or less Modernist 1953 movie..