The War Of The Worlds (Classic Radio Sci-Fi) Audiobook (Free)

‘They came in cylinders as dreaded falling stars; they were the ultimate killing machines…’ When a Martian spacecraft crash-lands near Woking, mankind is certainly terrorised by aliens in high, armoured capsules that stalk the countryside on three hip and legs. The frightening devices wreak havoc on London and the Southern Counties with their heat-rays, and survivors are powered underground. Yet everything began in the relaxed of an observatory… While scanning the heavens, scientist John Nicholson views a shower of meteorites heading towards Earth. But what he is witnessing is usually, actually, the beginnings of an invasion. Soon, thick black smoke cigarettes wipes out vast numbers of the population and Nicholson tells how he was plunged right into a paralysing headache of stark terror and utter devastation. Martin Jarvis, Peter Sallis and Anthony Jackson also feature in this fascinating six-part, full-cast dramatisation of H.G. Well’s traditional novel – an greatly atmospheric recording based on perhaps one of the most influential tales ever told.