This edition includes artwork by Warwick Goble, commissioned by Pearsons Magazine in 1897, artwork by Alvim Correa for the L.Vandamme 500 copy limited edition in 1906 and cover art by Frank R. Paul, commissioned by Amazing Stories in 1927. -The War of the Worlds was the first science fiction story to treat extraterrestrial aliens realistically.- - Isaac Asimov 1974 AD -The daring conception upon which this story hinges is not a mere bit of invention. The War of the Worlds is, as Mr. Wells has himself said of it, -the story of possibility, a piece of realism.- Whether or not we agree with the...