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Originally Posted by caleb72
Now, on to the sci-fi classic, The War of the Worlds by H G Wells. It was on my reading list for this year and it's time to get started.
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I've finally read this book. That makes three Wells books so far. This one was good but like the other books of his I've read, they lose atmosphere because of the "memoir" approach to the narrative.
That said, there were some interesting observations about humanity in there and it certainly wasn't written poorly. I'll give it a 3-3.5 stars.
I'm still trying to work out what my next indie read is going to be, but in the meantime I've already slotted in
Cain by José Saramago. I have many works by this author but haven't read any yet. This one is of palatable size and retells some of the Old Testament. I like Bible rehashes, so it was an obvious first pick.