The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination by Philip Ball

Author:Philip Ball [Ball, Philip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: folk tales, LIT000000 Literary Criticism / General, History & Criticism, science, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Legends & Mythology, General, PER004030 Performing Arts / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Performing Arts, LIT022000 Literary Criticism / Fairy Tales, Fairy Tales; Folk Tales; Legends & Mythology, Film, SCI075000 Science / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780226719269
Google: wkQ6EAAAQBAJ
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2021-05-21T00:27:18.621551+00:00

Chapter 6

Who Shall Dwell in These Worlds

The War of the Worlds (1897)

Aliens invade Earth. They are physically repulsive, but their technology is vastly superior to ours and they begin to lay waste to the planet, destroying cities and killing thousands. Through pluck, ingenuity, or sheer luck, humanity survives, the alien hordes are overcome, and we must rebuild civilization from the ruins.

Several centuries from now, according to a scenario imagined by the Planetary Society, a person on Mars will stumble across a tiny plastic disk:

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