H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (Full Original Audiobook)

A full audiobook reading of H.G. Wells' classic invasion story, read for you by me, myself, and I. Nonmonetised, ad-free (insofar as I have a say in the matter), and done purely for the love of the work.
Original work is in the public domain, all copyright etc. on the reading itself goes to me. You know the drill.
Enjoy.
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Chapters:
00:00 Book I: The Coming of the Martians
00:31 Chapter 1: The Eve of the War
13:10 Chapter 2: The Falling-Star
20:26 Chapter 3: On Horsell Common
25:53 Chapter 4: The Cylinder
32:58 Chapter 5: The Heat-Ray
42:02 Chapter 6: The Heat-Ray in Chobham Road
46:55 Chapter 7: How I Reached Home
54:52 Chapter 8: Friday Night
1:00:26 Chapter 9: The Fighting Begins
1:11:51 Chapter 10: In the Storm
1:24:59 Chapter 11: At the Window
1:37:20 Chapter 12: What I Saw of the Destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton
1:59:16 Chapter 13: How I Fell in with the Curate
2:09:50 Chapter 14: In London
2:30:36 Chapter 15: What Had Happened in Surrey
2:48:11 Chapter 16: The Exodus from London
3:14:05 Chapter 17: The Thunder Child
3:33:08 Book II: The Earth Under the Martians
3:33:16 Chapter 1: Under Foot
3:48:53 Chapter 2: What We Saw from the Ruined House
4:08:43 Chapter 3: The Days of Imprisonment
4:20:06 Chapter 4: The Death of the Curate
4:29:47 Chapter 5: The Stillness
4:35:39 Chapter 6: The Work of Fifteen Days
4:43:12 Chapter 7: The Man on Putney Hill
5:14:40 Chapter 8: Dead London
5:35:06 Chapter 9: Wreckage
5:46:37 Epilogue

[@ShadowOfCygnus]

Originally slated for a Halloween release last year (in the Orson Welles tradition), and then _this_ year, and now running two to three weeks late. The Long 2020 and its Rabid Bullshit continue unabated, but you knew that. If you see any problems with the vid, shoot me a PM or something. I've forgotten how this site works.

[@deoxxys]

Who knew a guy with a Shadow the Hedgehog avatar could produce such a great reading.

[@Lascivo257]

Agreed

[@BigShnog]

Can't believes im enjoying a book this short. Am I the only one who reads while listening the the audio?

[@FernandoFlores-xi3mh]

Probably

[@Citrusautomaton]

As a history buff this book is phenomenal. The fact that this was written in the 1890’s is insane when you truly understand how London at the time was dull and gray due to newfangled factories, so the level of imagination needed to produce such an out-of-this-world novel is insane.

[@hyperion3145]

The book is less "out of this world" when you notice that the technology the Martians use were already being discussed and theorized by that time. Flying machines, legged machines and heat rays were things already being passed around by then. Funnily enough, people at the time weren't impressed by the technology described or the violence, but that the Martians were advanced but weren't humanlike...

[@Citrusautomaton]

@@hyperion3145 That is understandable. I do think that the Martians essentially being living brains that construct machines as their bodies is an amazing concept that really got lost in basically every adaptation :(

[@philoshaughnessy906]

Beautifully read; dramatic, passionate and very hard to stop listening.

[@albertwilson3714]

The narration for this story was so enthralling. A wonderful listen. Thank you so much!

[@JBOBROSKII]

The fact that the guy who wrote this could even imagine futuristic beings with literally no visuals to go off of like we have, it's just completely amazing. It's like this guy came to the 2000s and came back to write this book, lol.

[@firebyrd437]

I temember my grandad telling me many years ago about a book written long ago. Unfortunately, I can't remember who wrote it, but it talked about the weightlessness of the moon in it. It's amazing just how inventive science fiction writers can be and are often on the mark before the scientists

[@jamieroberts3682]

IMO the best version here on youtube

[@martinkibble990]

This is simply marvellous.

[@nickschannel9918]

Fantastic, Beautifully read. Grew up in Woking and had never read the book before. Thank you.

[@myfreedomtothrivedifficult4767]

Excellent rendition and wonderful reading voice. Made War of the Worlds come to life

[@somepixelynerd]

My goodness, thank you so much for recording this, this is stellar. I've looked around KZbin for an audiobook version of this novella and sampled maybe seven different ones, and only yours is exactly what I hoped to find. You have a great reading voice, just the right English accent for this story, and I also really appreciate that you did the full, unabridged novella. This deserves way more than just 21 likes. Would you be interested in making this available as a series of MP3 downloads as well?

[@animalmotherdk2649]

WOW all the same here that is mad. I did the same.

[@Relaxingsoundsrsawwt]

Same here aswell , being from England myself I have to be very picky of whomever I grace my ears with. Silver spoon and what not 😂

[@stevejacques8577]

Magnificent rendering of this classic! Your audio version brings it alive and grants an understanding of period and setting in a way mere print could not do.

[@j.m.larsen6257]

Please - why has this been overlooked!?! This is easily the best reading of “The War of the Worlds” on the internet… Way better than - say - David Tennant’s version on Audible…

[@AcornElectron]

The most listenable, all in one run, reading on KZbin. Fair play and thanks for not being American. It just sounds wrong to my ears.

[@ErisApplebottom]

Ouch. But i get it 😂 im American and i really like this guys voice. It fits the story very well

[@nitricoxide5899]

Pretty good delivery. Like the inflections of disgust when discussing the Martians' methods of feeding. Nicely done.

[@DoctorTex]

He has returned!

[@ShadowOfCygnus]

And is back for at least a while. ;D

[@rodpettet2819]

Almost as if I was reading it myself. Well done.

[@AJponyAPschannel]

*whistle* bold project (length and iconicness) to take on. Power to ya for pulling it off ✊

[@ErisApplebottom]

This is fantastic i love your voice and your pacing and how you emote. Beautiful reading thank you so much ❤

[@brendajstevens3719]

Fantastic narration. Thank you 🙏

[@phyllisharris8911]

I've so enjoyed this effort. It's so well done. Thank you!

[@Thunder_Child]

Thankyou, good sir.

[@lenakrupinski6303]

Great voice , looked at a few on u tube you have the best voice by far . 💗 💜 Love this !! 💖

[@tinylol]

I LOVE THIS

[@jacobdoesstuff_ig]

I ❤ this book

[@antongerard273]

Brilliant narrative. Your voice reminds me of the actor "Ioan Gruffud" (Hornblower) Series. 😁😉👍👍

[@cosmopolisosmo8635]

Amazing voice

[@finlaymcneil]

Thank you! I needed to read this for school and was not fast enough, now to listen to the last two hours. Splendid

[@deescott8053]

Thank you for not being AI! Beautifully narrated. Would you read Stephen King?

[@ShadowOfCygnus]

Many thanks -- I can promise there will never be any generative "AI" content on this channel. Stephen King is a bit trickier, though. H. G. Wells' work is in the public domain, as is the poetry that I've read on here; currently-living authors' published works are (rightly) copyright- and trademark-protected, and are thus off-limits for this kind of production.

[@indigoyarkindell968]

❤❤❤❤

[@TakeWalker]

niiiice! :D

[@ShadowOfCygnus]

Well _there's_ a face I haven't seen in a dog's age! I know it ain't pony, but I'm glad you found your way back here. ;D

[@TakeWalker]

@@ShadowOfCygnus I ain't gone nowhere, I'm just quiet. :B

[@Brandon-yy5cc]

This story inspired C.S. Lewis’ The Space Trilogy.

[@renzo6490]

@@Tom-sd9jb I have read only the last book of the trilogy...That Hideous Strength. It's not at all childish or written for children. It's quite absorbing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6q6ZYShnaagf6M

[@JetTheOneAndOnly]

You should read professionally

[@kcrad1527]

Hey are you alive

[@ShadowOfCygnus]

No.

[@kcrad1527]

:(