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No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that the Earth was being scrutinised and studied from across the gulf of space. With infinite complacency, humanity went about its little affairs, serene in its assurance of its empire over matter. It is possible that the micro-organisms we watch under a microscope, do the same. Few people gave thought to the idea of life on other planets, and none imagined that it could be so vastly superior in intellect to ourselves. No one considered the possibility of extra-terrestrial danger. Yet the eyes that regarded our planet were envious and unsympathetic, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. (Cori Samuel, adapted from Chapter One.)
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: martians, invasion, aliens, surrey, horsell common, woking, maybury hill
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No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "Section [number] of The War of the Worlds. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- In the first chapter, I'll add:
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"The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells. [Chapter]"
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"[Chapter title]"
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"End of The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells. "
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