The mere mention of the words science fiction reminds us of some hackneyed topics that we Americans see in the media, those topics being technology and aliens. As different as each subject may be, juxtaposed, they share a key element that fuels the creative minds of science fiction writers. It's not the fact that they've each experienced drastic progress over the past hundred years, but rather the idea of ​​an invasion. Although the idea of ​​technology that would one day dominate us has dominated Hollywood films for the past decade, it is a rather new topic. The War of the Worlds, a novel written by HG Wells in 1898, is considered by Kroeber, professor and author of the introduction to the Signet Classic version of the same book, to be "the most famous and important science fiction story never made.” published. (Wells, vii) The novel focuses primarily on an unnamed narrator, who struggles not only to save his wife, but also himself, from the rampaging Martians and their instruments of destruction, such as the heat ray and the black smoke. Through mentions of precise scientific research, fictional news events, and geographic settings, Wells creatively presents the reader with a story with a sense of verisimilitude that appears to be produced to create the image that the accounts were real and factual. It comes as a surprise to the reader that the novel focuses on Martians, aliens from the planet Mars. As science has proven to us, Mars does indeed have elements that can support life. Wells draws inspiration from this, mentioning that "[Mars} has air and water and everything necessary to maintain an animated existence." (Wells, 6) After the Martians die and their bodies are used for science, their anatomy is exposed, and Wells is in the middle of the paper, the novel progresses, and just like the Martians, different cities are mentioned, like Cobham and Ottershaw. The narrator tries to protect his wife and send her to another town, Leatherhead. The narrator's brother, who later gives the narrator information about the invasion, is studying in London. The narrator arrives there towards the end of the novel, and realizes the death of the Martians. In conclusion, many elements give the novel The War of the Worlds a feeling of verisimilitude. The listed aspects illustrate 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 optimal, but also the antithesis of jejune and personifies the backbone of this great novel. Works Cited Wells, HG The War of the Worlds. New York: Signet Classics, 2007. Print.