War Of The Worlds By H.G Wells
War Of The Worlds By HG Wells The journalist sat in Olgivy's observatory studying space through his telescope, most notably the planet Mars. On noticing a meteor like object fall to earth & land somewhere in the direction of Horsell Common, the two men make their way to the suspected destination of the landing. On arriving they see that a crowd of people have gathered around a large pit. Inside it is a cylinder. It is covered with what appears to be a thick scaley incrustation. Olgivy perceives it to be the wrong shape for a meteorite. It is so hot from travelling through the atmosphere that he can get no where near it. He notes at this point that there are no birds to be heard & that the air is still. Movement from inside the cylinder could be detected. Then ash from on top of the cylinder begins to topple. Olgivy concludes that the movement could be related to the cooling of the object. He clambers down into the pit to gain a better view, & as he does so,