Book Vs Movie "The War of the Worlds" (2005) H.G. Wells, Tom Cruise, & Steven Spielberg

<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Book Vs Movie: “The War of the Worlds”</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>The H.G. Wells Science Fiction Classic Vs the 2005 Steven Spielberg Movie</strong></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><strong><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/60822/waroftheworlds.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="195" /></strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Margos go back to both the world of science fiction and the film work of</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Steven Spielberg</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">talking about the</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._G._Wells"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">H.G. Wells</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">classic novel</span> <a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Worlds"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The War of the Worlds</span></em></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(1898) which has been adapted as a successful radio program, films, and a TV series. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The novel is about a martian invasion that hits London and an unnamed narrator who escapes, is separated from his wife, and then has up close and traumatic interactions with the Martians who are taking over England. They use heat rays as a weapon and depend on human blood to feed themselves. The narrator meets with people underground on his way back home who want to fight the invaders. He eventually gets home (after being taken care of by a kindly family) and reunites with his wife who somehow survives the alien attacks. In the end, the Martians were killed by “earthly pathogens.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Considered one of the first novels that supposed that otherworldly creatures could be smarter than humans--the story is a classic and the basis/inspiration for science fiction work for decades afterward. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In 1938,</span> <a hre