The great disillusionment

[james_davis_nicoll]

Is it wrong, on the occasion of H.G.Wells' 143 birthday, to ponder what War of the Worlds might have been like had it been written from a pro-Martian Imperialism perspective by Rudyard Kipling?

Comments

[tandw.livejournal.com]

Given the time period, how about a young Winston Churchill?

It occurs to me, though, that the Martian viewpoint Terran Resistance story might better be written by H Beam Piper.

[(Anonymous)]

Weren't H Beam Piper's Martians our ancestors?

Bruce

[tandw.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if that was canon in the Paratime stories, or if it was added by Roland Green in his Lord Kalvan sequel. The Martians of "Omnilingual" were humanoid, IIRC.