The War of the Worlds

"The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells is a science fiction story from the late 1800s that thinks about what might happen if we met aliens. It's about Martians invading Earth and how humans try to survive against creatures much more advanced than them. We see everything through the eyes of a man who watches the world fall apart. At first, people don't realize the danger, but then strange cylinders start falling from space near his home. With it, people who study space notice weird things happening on Mars. Soon, everyone realizes these are aliens coming to take over, and the story becomes a scary look at how people react when faced with total disaster, filled with suspense as the invasion begins.