The novel “War of the Worlds” by H.G. Wells (1866–1946) has long and firmly entered the treasury of world literature, having gone through a lot of reprints, film and television adaptations, spawning thousands of imitators in different genres. At the same time, the novel goes far beyond the scope of science fiction, becoming a warning novel for generations of readers. The narration is told in the first person, which creates the effect of presence and immeasurably enhances the impression of the terrible pictures of the enslavement of the Earth by mechanized creatures. Fully admitting that for a modern reader much of it may seem naive and outdated - the novel appeared at the end of the 19th century - it nevertheless remains deep and excitingly interesting.