The mere mention of the words science fiction brings to mind some mundane topics that we Americans see in the media, those topics are technology and aliens. As different as the topics may be, when juxtaposed, they share a key element that fuels the creative minds of science fiction writers. It's not the fact that any of them have made drastic progress in the last hundred years, but rather the thought of an invasion. While the idea that technology will one day dominate us has dominated Hollywood films for the past decade, it's a fairly new topic. The War of the Worlds, a novel written by HG Wells in 1898, is considered by Kroeber, professor and writer of the introduction to the Signet Classic version of the same book, "the most famous and important science fiction story that has ever existed". published." (Wells, vii) The novel focuses primarily on an unnamed narrator, who struggles not only to save his wife, but himself from the rampaging Martians and their instruments of destruction, such as the heat ray and black smoke .Through references to accurate scientific research, fictional news, and geographical settings, Wells creatively presents the reader with a story with a sense of verisimilitude seemingly produced to create the image that the accounts were factual and real as a surprise to the reader who the novel focuses on Martians, aliens from the planet Mars. As science has shown us, Mars actually has elements that can host life. Wells is inspired by this, mentioning that "[Mars} has air and water and all that it is necessary for the support of animate existence." (Wells, 6) After the Martians die and their bodies are used for science, their anatomy is exposed and Wells... middle of the paper... the novel advances , and as well as the Martians, several towns are mentioned, such as Cobham and Ottershaw. The narrator tries to protect his wife and send her to another town, Leatherhead. The narrator's brother, who later provides information to the narrator about the invasion, studies in London. The narrator arrives there towards the end of the novel, and realizes the death of the Martians. In conclusion, many elements give a sense of verisimilitude to the novel The War of the Worlds. The listed aspects exemplify Wells' idea of ​​presenting fictional accounts as factual and giving the reader a false sense of reality. The scientific evidence provided to the reader by the narrator is not only the optimal, but the antithesis of jejune and personifies the backbone of this great novel. Works CitedWells, HG The War of the Worlds. New York: Signet Classics, 2007. Print.