Lewis – that Moore’s references here are a lot narrower (though still present for eagle-eyed readers), and I found myself doing a lot less impromptu on-line research. One must note – with the exception of a massively cross-referenced introduction on the surface of Mars drawing in everything from the work of Burroughs to the writings of C.S. Moore’s version of the story remains true in theme and spirit to the original crafted by Wells. It’s proof that this old dog has new tricks. The arc never feels too much like “more of the same” or a safe retread of what we’ve already seen.
The change in style seems an all-round good idea from Moore. Those astute readers out there who might observe that this provides amble room for a subversion of the book’s rather deus ex machina ending would be correct. Moore tells the story as a sort of “untold secret history” of the invasion, crafting the assumption that Wells had somehow drafted a sanitised version of events for his own book. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, following a Martian invasion of Earth (specifically the United Kingdom).
While the original storyline – pitting the League against a Fu Manchu pastiche – was not a direct adaptation or did not run parallel to any particular narrative (instead drawing heavily from Jules Verne and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, amongst others), this volume runs in tandem with H.G.
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