Woking pays homage to HG Wells, the man who brought the Martians to town

The visionary author’s Surrey hometown will celebrate his 150th anniversary by guiding visitors through the landmark sites of The War of the Worlds

In a few weeks the people of Woking in Surrey will launch an unusual and unearthly celebration. They will mark the fictional destruction of their town by alien invaders with a series of concerts, exhibitions, guided walks and lectures that will run until autumn.

All will be dedicated to the town’s most famous resident, HG Wells, who wrote his great science fiction novel The War of the Worlds while living in Woking and who, in its pages, describes in unsparing detail how the town is turned to cinders by Martians and their terrible heat rays.

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