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Reviewed on July 1, 2019 | Reference
H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds (1897), with its sentient Martians, is considered the first introduction to nonhuman aliens in popular culture. Since then, these beings have had a huge impact on the imagination. Editors Levy (formerly, English, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stout, now deceased) and Mendlesohn (Rhetorics of Fantasy), along with 90 contributors who study sf, literature, and other ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More