Project Gutenberg #36
The War of the Worlds
H. G. Wells
1898Wells's alien-invasion classic, prepared chapter by chapter from Project Gutenberg plaintext.
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Chapter 9 — IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS. Central question How does the wider conflict unfold? Main argument Military resistance begins, but the Martians remain overwhelmingly superior. The chapter records movement,...
and to Woking on the west. The road was dotted with
people running towards us. And very faint now, but very distinct
through the hot, quiet air, one heard the whirr of a machine-gun that
was presently stilled, and an intermittent cracking of rifles.
Apparently the Martians were setting fire to everything within range of
their Heat-Ray.
I am not an expert driver, and I had immediately to turn my attention
to the horse. When I looked back again the second hill had hidden the
black smoke. I slashed the horse with the whip, and gave him a loose
rein until Woking and Send lay between us and that quivering tumult. I
overtook and passed the doctor between Woking and Send.