The Reading Warehouse

"Ny vynsa den v th cresy in bledhydnyow dewetha an nawnjegves cansvledhen, y fedha an b s-ma whythrys yn sherp hag yn clos gans skentolethow br ssa ages skentolethow mebyon tus, saw mar vortal avellans aga honen... Saw dres an aswy vr s a sp s, yth esa furneth o mar bell dhyworth agan furneth ny dell usy agan br s ny dhyworth br s an bestas mortal, furneth yeyn ha dybyta, ow meras orth an b s-ma dre lagasow envies, hag yn lent hag yn sur creaturs an furneth-na a borposyas aga thowlow w r agan pydn." Y feu "Gwerryans an Planettys" dyllys in Sowsnek rag an kensa pr s i'n vledhen 1898. An lyver a yll bos consydrys an kensa whedhel adro dhe "woreskydnans dre v s-estrenyon", ha'y awedhyans w r fuglien sciensek yw br s dres ehen. An lyver re beu desedhys dhe'n radyo, dhe'n waryva ha dhe'n gwaya-mir, hag insp rya hag awedhya a wrug lies ensampel a fuglien sciensek, in aga mesk jornals skethednek ha novelys grafek. P n vo va settys ryb "Jyn an Termyn", "An Den Dywel", hag "Enys Doctour Moreau", yth hevel "Gwerryans an Planettys" moy kerys gans an bobel s ken lyver v th a screfas H. G. Wells. H m yw an kensa pr smay feu an novel-ma dyllys in Kernowek. -- "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, including comics and graphic novels. Alongside "The Time Machine", "The Invisible Man", and "The Island of Dr Moreau", Wells' "The War of the Worlds" stands out as perhaps his most popular work. This is the first time that this story has been published in Cornish.