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Dating the War of the Worlds

I already explained on Talk:The War of the Worlds (novel), but here it is again.

The text says,

"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; ... And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.

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Yet so vain is man, and so blinded by his vanity, that no writer, up to the very end of the nineteenth century, expressed any idea that intelligent life might have developed [on Mars] far, or indeed at all, beyond its earthly level."

Gutenburg text of TWotW (emphasis added.)

It seems clear that the Wells set the war after "the very end of the nineteenth century", i.e. "early in the twentieth century".

Furthermore, the first sign of activity on Mars was observed "During the opposition of 1894" and further observations were made "during the next two oppositions." Mars had oppositions on 20 October 1894, 11 December 1896, 18 January 1899, 22 February 1901, 29 March 1903, 08 May 1905, 06 July 1907, and 24 September 1909. The launches were observed on 12–21 of an unnamed month "As Mars approached opposition". So the earliest launch opportunity is in 1901.

As for the month, the war took place "that terrible June", though I don't think that necessarily means entirely within that month. The bulk of the story is in the first week, so it could have ended in July. But August is too late.
—wwoods 19:21, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

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• • Okay, I just found it on a website whilst browsing. Can't remember which one. I know it's from a book--the POTC visual guide. Is that enough? Loyh 18:28, 7 February 2007 (UTC)