This special hardcover edition from NYRB Classics brings back for today's readers a richly rewarding collaboration between two modern masters of all that's wonderful and strange. Characteristically quirky, elegant, and entrancing, Gorey's visual take on Wells's seminal tour de force has been unavailable for close to fifty years. When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world. In 1960, Edward Gorey prepared a set of his inimitable pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate a new edition of Wells's The War of the Worlds for the legendary Looking Glass Library. Wells, illustrated by Edward Gorey / ISBN 9781681376097 / a small 221-page paperback, 4.75 x 7.25 inches, from NYRB Classics. The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that is both startlingly up-to-date and in touch with the most ancient of human fears. Wells's masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spielberg. When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity's vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. Addressed to her publisher, it contains what appear to be notes and drawings related to a literary work in progress. Awdrey-Gore, renowned 97-year-old writer of detective stories, is found murdered then a mysterious hidden packet is discovered. of the other non-conforming editions also sport the art of Edward Gorey). Accompanied by Edward's Gorey's masterful, timelessly haunting illustrations, H. Edward Gorey 4.24 235 ratings22 reviews Miss D. Check out the new paperback edition of H.G.
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