War of the Worlds: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

War of the Worlds, credited to H.G. Wells, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

Librivox recording of War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells. Read by Rebecca. War of the Worlds by Herbert George Wells (H.G. Wells) was published in 1898 at a time when he wrote a series of novels related to a number of historical events of the time. The most important of these was the unification and militarization of Germany. The story, written in a semi-documentary style, is told in the first person by an unnamed observer. It tells of the events which happen mostly in London and the county of Surrey, England, when a number of vessels manned by aliens are fired from Mars and land on Earth. (Summary by Rebecca)

Recording facts

• Recording title: War of the Worlds
• Author credits: H.G. Wells
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 6:35:38

Catalogue topics

• science fiction
• aliens

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch1 — 15:40
2. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch2 — 9:27
3. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch3 — 6:57
4. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch4 — 7:59
5. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch5 — 10:16
6. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch6 — 5:57
7. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch7 — 8:53
8. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch8 — 6:54
9. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch9 — 13:05
10. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch10 — 14:11
11. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch11 — 12:49
12. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch12 — 23:35
13. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch13 — 12:33
14. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch14 — 24:05
15. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch15 — 19:16
16. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch16 — 28:14
17. War of the Worlds - Bk1, Ch17 — 22:14
18. War of the Worlds - Bk2, Ch1 — 16:53
19. War of the Worlds - Bk2, Ch2 — 22:10
20. War of the Worlds - Bk2, Ch3 — 12:45
21. War of the Worlds - Bk2, Ch4 — 10:59
22. War of the Worlds - Bk2, Ch5 — 6:49
23. War of the Worlds - Bk2, Ch6 — 8:37
24. War of the Worlds - Bk2, Ch7 — 34:12

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