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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 6 years ago

The first page of The War of The Worlds [1898], by H.G. Wells https://t.co/ew1VWPNCDL

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Michael Ashcroft@m_ashcroft• about 6 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv https://t.co/iYqvqjfRrq

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 6 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

“Roaring wave of fear swept through the greatest city in the world” “Foaming tumult round the railway stations” “Police... railway... losing coherency... guttering, softening, running at last in that swift liquefaction of the social body.” https://t.co/nzxQXR89yu

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anita@neats29• about 6 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv So I downloaded the new HG Wells collection on audible and I just can't get into it. Is there one that you like more over the others?

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• about 6 years ago
Replying to @neats29

@Neats29 I liked The Invisible Man as a kid, and I’m liking War of the Worlds so far But if you’re not feeling it I wouldn’t force it, life is short and the world is big

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anita@neats29• about 6 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

@visakanv Agreed. That's my usual approach with books but was thinking that maybe I'm just not on the "right" book in the collection.

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• almost 6 years ago
Replying to @visakanv

This book influenced Akira https://t.co/clhISAKJfD https://t.co/QRoy35fZSv

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Visakan Veerasamy@visakanv• over 7 years ago

Akira's director Katsuhiro Otomo's answer to "what book had the greatest impact on you": HG Wells' War Of The Worlds (1887) – which was about a Martian invasion on Victorian England, and often considered to be a commentary on British Imperialism https://t.co/oP9D0PPmOj

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