← Back to context Comment by WalterBright 13 hours ago I don't recall that in War of the Worlds! 2 comments WalterBright Reply tarsierscripter 12 hours ago HG Wells' politics are plain as day in his stories. He was a pacifist and social Darwinist. The defeat of the Martians by the common cold (after the failure of military action) is 100% on point for him. WalterBright 7 hours ago His other stories, sure. But not in WotW. The common cold thing just struck me as a tidy way to end the story, and the irony of it.
tarsierscripter 12 hours ago HG Wells' politics are plain as day in his stories. He was a pacifist and social Darwinist. The defeat of the Martians by the common cold (after the failure of military action) is 100% on point for him. WalterBright 7 hours ago His other stories, sure. But not in WotW. The common cold thing just struck me as a tidy way to end the story, and the irony of it.
WalterBright 7 hours ago His other stories, sure. But not in WotW. The common cold thing just struck me as a tidy way to end the story, and the irony of it.
HG Wells' politics are plain as day in his stories. He was a pacifist and social Darwinist. The defeat of the Martians by the common cold (after the failure of military action) is 100% on point for him.
His other stories, sure. But not in WotW. The common cold thing just struck me as a tidy way to end the story, and the irony of it.