The Star

The Star

1897 • 25 pages

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The original disaster movie, and unsurprisingly Wells predicts the likely future once again.

March 2, 2023

Wells writes a terrifyingly descriptive account of the effect astronomical bodies have on the Earth and it almost reads through like a film recap. For a story published in 1897, Wells was surprisingly apt at describing the near-apocalypse that the Earth and its inhabitants would go through.

February 2, 2020