The War of the Worlds, made in 1886 by H.G. Wells, is a very good example of the science fiction genre. Science fiction incorporates some combination of the following: technology, scientific principles, believable characters, futuristic/outer space and themes that focus on important issues in society. The War of the Worlds deals with technology, space, and theme. The technology that this story contains is out of this world. In this story, the Martians have tripods and monitors and us in a time when technology was barely showing itself to the world. One of my favorite pieces of technology is the tripod because in the story it says that the tripod was like a spider except that the spider is made of metal. The tripod has a laser, a raygun,
