The Martian War: A Thrilling Eyewitness Account of the Recent Invasion As Reported by Mr. H.G. Wells
What if H.G. Wells had based his classic novel WAR OF THE WORLDS on events that actually happened to him? That’s the idea behind this under-the-radar gem from Gabriel Mesta (aka Kevin J. Anderson, who explored similar territory, albeit with Jules Verne, in CAPTAIN NEMO).
But don’t dismiss MARTIAN as a mere rewrite of WAR from a different point of view; rather, that’s just a small part of the planet-hopping account, with lots of other storylines, characters and themes from other Wells works tossed in, including Dr. Griffin, who’s created an invisibility potion, or Dr. Moreau, who performs the world’s first alien autopsy (and organ transplant) – heck, even the FIRST MEN IN THE MOON and the giant rats from FOOD OF THE GODS are here. The action is narrated by Wells as he, his wife and Prof. Thomas Huxley investigate a strange arrival, a mystery that ultimately takes them to the red planet itself.
It’s old-fashioned sci-fi adventure fun, written in a style friendly to today’s contemporary readers. I had a blast. Scroll down for info on how to get one of Anderson’s previous books for free when you buy this one!
[...] Having given up novelizations in junior high, I would have never read it, had I not recently enjoyed Anderson’s THE MARTIAN WAR. Both take well-established literary creations and reimagine them in new tales of the fantastic in a historically accurate setting. So I gave GENTLEMEN a chance, even if its team-fights-for-the-world plot is nothing fresh. Half its appeal is in reading the exploits of classic characters like Allan Quatermain, the Invisible Man, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. After all, H.G. Wells and Robert Louis Stevenson’s aren’t pumping out new stories anymore, so why shouldn’t someone else take up the slack? [...]
[...] Similar to his free book offer for purchasers of THE MARTIAN WAR, author Kevin J. Anderson is offering a free cassette collection to anyone who purchases his latest book, SCATTERED SUNS: THE SAGA OF THE SEVEN SUNS, BOOK 4. [...]
[...] • Speculative fiction is the main course of FUTURESHOCKS, an anthology edited by Lou Anders (he of the alternative-future collection LIVE WITHOUT A NET) in which authors such as Kevin Anderson, Mike Rensick, Harry Turtledove and Alan Dean Foster answer the question “What terror does tomorrow hold?” With that lineup, it might be worth finding out the answer. [...]
[...] THE LAST DAYS OF KRYPTON by Kevin J. Anderson – The co-author of many a DUNE book, Anderson’s been given the go-ahead by DC Comics to write a full-length novel treatment of the final days of the planet Krypton, from which an infant named Kal-El escaped, only to come to Earth and grow up to be Superman. Sure, I suppose we know how it will end, but when Anderson plays around with iconic fiction (i.e. THE MARTIAN WAR), the results are assuredly entertaining. (Oct. 15) [...]
[...] IT’S SUPERMAN! – but as Anderson has demonstrated in the past – most notably with THE MARTIAN WAR – he has a knack for playing with characters not of his own design and making the results a [...]