Cogadh Na Reann (irish Edition) [Paperback]

N? chreidfeadh duine ar bith i mblianta deiridh an nao? c?ad d?ag go raibh s?il gh?ar ghrinn ar imeachta? an domhain seo ag neacha ar mh? a n intleacht n? intleacht an duine, ach d? ainneoin sin, a bh? chomh b?smhar linn f?in... Ach, thar dhuibheag?n an sp?is, bh? ag breathn? anuas orainn go santach cr?at?ir a raibh an oiread difr?ochta idir a meabhair agus ?r meabhairne agus at? idir meabhair an duine agus meabhair an ainmh?, cr?at?ir a raibh intleacht ?bhalmh?r fhuar chrua acu, agus bh? siad ag beart? seifteanna go mall len?r mbascadh. Foils?odh Cogadh na Reann den ch?ad uair in 1898 agus meastar gurb ? an ch?ad ?rsc?al riamh ? faoi ionradh eachtr?n ar an domhan agus t? s? ar cheann de na h?rsc?alta ficsean eola?ochta is t?bhachta? d?r ceapadh. Athch?ir?odh ? don raidi?, don t?atar, agus don chineama, agus is ioma? sin saothar ficsin, de gach saghas, a raibh s? ina inspior?id acu. Mar aon le The Time Machine , The Island of Dr Moreau agus An Ch?ad Chuairt ar an nGealaigh , ?ir?tear Cogadh na Reann ar mh?rshaothair ficsean eola?ochta H.G.Wells (1866-1946). Foils?odh in 1934 an t-aistri?ch?n seo Gaeilge a rinne Leon ? Broin. Is ?ard at? san eagr?n nua seo leagan caighde?naithe den aistri?ch?n sin, arna chur in eagar ag Aibhist?n ? Duibh. -- No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own... Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. First published in 1898, The War of the Worlds is considered to be the first alien invasion tales, and has been one of the most influential science fiction novels ever written. It has been adapted for radio, stage, and screen, and has inspired and influenced many works of fiction, includingl³!