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Post by deadsword on Apr 13, 2006 13:32:09 GMT
I have the novel but i have not finished reading it yet. This version is a Barnes & Noble classic that has an introduction to HG and other related stuff. Does any part of the novel mention other parts of the Earth being attacked by the Martians or just in around, near and in London?
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Post by Stewymartian on Apr 13, 2006 14:50:15 GMT
No other part of the world is mentioned in the book, the martians meet their end before they are able to expand their base of operations. The book takes place over a period of only a few weeks, during the initial phase of the Martian invasion, but you get an idea about what was to come next.
The martian stretagy involved a style of coup-de-main operation to take out the social, industrial, military heart of resistance (Britain being the pre-eminate world power at the time of writing), before moving on to secure the rest of the planet.
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Post by Tripod on Apr 13, 2006 18:21:18 GMT
Yup, the war took an estimated three weeks according to the novel. (Could be four.)
But there are no references to other nations. Although French, Dutch and Belgian ships are present during the Thunderchild battle.
Tripod
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Post by Lensman on Apr 14, 2006 2:03:59 GMT
YFrench, Dutch and Belgian ships are present during the Thunderchild battle. Fishing smacks from those nations are mentioned. It should hardly be a surprise that a major port would have ships from other countries present. But I don't think there's any mention of foreign naval ships there. |
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Post by mctoddridesagain on Apr 14, 2006 9:42:02 GMT
You're correct, only foreign merchant ships (including liners) are present, no foreign warships:
For after the sailors could no longer come up the Thames, they came on to the Essex coast, to Harwich and Walton and Clacton, and afterwards to Foulness and Shoebury, to bring off the people. They lay in a huge sickle-shaped curve that vanished into mist at last towards the Naze. Close inshore was a multitude of fishing smacks -- English, Scotch, French, Dutch, and Swedish; steam launches from the Thames, yachts, electric boats; and beyond were ships of large burden, a multitude of filthy colliers, trim merchantmen, cattle ships, passenger boats, petroleum tanks, ocean tramps, an old white transport even, neat white and grey liners from Southampton and Hamburg; and along the blue coast across the Blackwater my brother could make out dimly a dense swarm of boats chaffering with the people on the beach, a swarm which also extended up the Blackwater almost to Maldon.
It's a wonderful passage, which always brings to mind what one imagines the chaos of the evacuation of Dunkirk to have been like, though in the case of WOTW there is also a (realistic, IMHO) mixture of helpfulness and the profit motive, as the Narrator's brother pays good money for his place abord the paddle-steamer.
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Apr 15, 2006 23:50:47 GMT
I can't understand why anyone is reading the novel and wants to know the plot details in advance. Or is that just me?
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Post by Lensman on Apr 17, 2006 12:41:53 GMT
Not just you ENH! I guess we shouldn't tell him that in the end the Martians are defeated by the Custard Conspiracy Commandos, huh? ;D
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Post by beecus on Apr 21, 2006 13:28:39 GMT
I thought the butler did it!  |
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Post by Poyks on Apr 21, 2006 13:37:47 GMT
Stan Butler? ;D  |
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Post by EvilNerfherder on Apr 21, 2006 14:46:46 GMT
Watch out it's Blakey!  ''I 'ate you Butler! Buuuuuhhuuhhhh!!'' |
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Post by beecus on Apr 21, 2006 18:50:10 GMT
LOL I love the way you guys just go off on a tangent like that ;D
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Post by Stewymartian on Apr 21, 2006 20:48:31 GMT
no no, the custard conspiracy commando are in 'the time machine', it's the Mutant Lard Liberation Monkeys that deal with the Martians.
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