“An Everyday Town Once Had A Mysterious Visitor.”
No one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being scrutinized, written down, rearranged and composed into a short but powerful novel. A man busied himself, merging intelligences greater than Man’s and yet as mortal as his own.
A leafy suburban town became the focus of his writings, the first strike point of an invasion from outerspace. From Mars. One world crept silently towards another. Thus was born, War Of The Worlds.
Herbert George Wells.
A Long Shot Which Shows The Height Of This Impressive Work Of Art
An Almost Vertical Shot Of The Daunting Martian Sculpture
A Close Up Showing The Detail Of The Martian’s Body
Another Close Up Shot. Notice The Detail, Especially The Tenticles
The Inscription Which Can Be Found Near The Martian
The Crashed Pod In Which The Martians Landed Is Located A Distance From The Martian Itself
As well as the Martian, a Crashed Pod and Bacteria Trail were built. The surrounding area was changed too to compliment the structure.
The Woking War Of The Worlds Martian Sculpture was conceived, designed and built by Michael Condron, Sculptor in 1998 and still looks as cool as it did then.
It is a shame that Woking didn’t utilise and build upon, even work with Universal Studios to promote the town centre and surrounding countryside (Horsell Common inparticular).
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September 2nd, 2007 at 3:08 pm
That is so cool. I am reading the world of the worlds and I was looking for some information and I came across this web site. This is awesome!!!!
August 1st, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Bloody yanks, they always steal our stuff and ruin it! they should have had it set in the Uk!
August 25th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Matt says yes they should it would have been interesting to see a film version of the novel set in england
March 31st, 2009 at 1:31 am
War Of The Worlds was a favourite of mine when young . I also lived for years on the edge of Horsell Common !
As a previus contributor opines, Tom Cruise and Hollywood made a wonderful story into a farce !!
April 9th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
In the HG wells book the hero took shelter in 3 bonsey cottages on Horsell Common. The Duckett family lived there inthe 1960s. Unfortunately the cottages were demolished to make way for “progress”
May 14th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
The Martians didn’t get ‘em but the council did.
February 20th, 2010 at 7:52 am
That IS in Britain, not America…?
February 20th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Oh nevermind. I see you mean the Hollywood cinematic adaptation. So who did the original version of the film as there was one before the Tom Cruise release.
February 21st, 2010 at 11:02 pm
The Cycle Woking Project is rebranding the Woking Cycle Network, by naming all the Cycle Trails as Planets, based on H G Wells War of the Worlds with the Martians coming from the planet Mars. The Mars Trail runs under the Martian in the town centre and joins National Cycle Route 4 (Chertsey) to National Cycle Route 22 (Guildford) via Woking. More details on the web site wwww.cyclewoking.org.uk
May 10th, 2010 at 9:20 am
Never mind, at least Jeff Wayne’s wonderful music version kept faith with the original story!
June 1st, 2010 at 2:16 pm
I think it would be great if we could get a cinematic adaptation of the story, set in england in the 1800’s when the novel was published, which actually stays faithful to the locations, characters and events. For example, in every version or adaptation of the war of the worlds, the martians are all different in appearance or description, as are their tripod fighting machines. America just went too far with modernising the story, and ruined it completely.
July 25th, 2010 at 9:19 am
I’ve driven past Horsell common hundreds of times. You can picture the martians landing much better if you know the Common well and live in the Surrey area