The Martian Diaries, Vol. 1

The Day of the Martians (The Martian Diaries: A Sequel to The War of the Worlds)

By: H.E. Wilburson

Narrated by: Harry Preston, Terry Thompson

The War Of The Worlds Begins Again as Martian Tripods Return to Earth!

Featuring sound effects and a bespoke musical score by British composer H.E. Wilburson, this award-winning 3-part sequel to The War Of The Worlds is an immersive audio drama experience for fans of the H.G.Wells classic science fiction book.

Bronze medallist Readers Favorite International Book Awards 2024 – Fiction Audiobooks

Winner of 5 awards at Los Angeles Science Fiction Film Festival 2020 – Audio Drama category (with volume 2, Lake On The Moon)

The terror of the coming of the Martians is all but a distant memory, a bad dream that has faded with time. All George Wells wants is a quiet suburban life – but at breakfast one morning his newspaper reports the shocking discovery of a Martian cylinder, found intact and unopened, and carefully transported to London. Could it be from the first alien invasion and after nearly ten years, are Martians still alive inside?

But George soon learns even worse news – vengeance-seeking Martians and their tripod fighting machines are already on their way back to Earth, in a huge green comet formed by the countless numbers of their cylinders.

This time they are armed with a doomsday weapon, able to destroy all bacteria and completely annihilate Earth

The first attack by aliens was enough for any lifetime, but who would expect to be involved with two? How can our planet survive this new invasion and will George and his wife escape a second Martian apocalypse?

The Day Of The Martians continues H.G. Wells' iconic alien invasion novel in volume one of The Martian Diaries – a thrilling audio drama adventure, with custom music and immersive sound effects. If you're a fan of The War Of The Worlds and classic science fiction you won't want to miss this award-winning 3-part continuation that brings the original story full circle.

©2021 H.E. Wilburson (P)2017 H.E. Wilburson

An Edwardian-like Scientific Romance

I listened to the Audible version of Martian Diaries Volume 1 and surprisingly enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for War of the Worlds and decided to take this one on. At first, I was a little put back by the constant background music, but I quickly learned to enjoy it. The novella takes place about 15 years after the H.G. Wells War of the Worlds, with the characters discovering an strangely intact and pristine Martian landing device in Wales. The mystery of why it is there ties into signs of a possible future invasion. The book has the feel of a Edwardian scientific romance, so if you are looking for something along the lines of what H.G. Wells might have written, you'll enjoy H.E. Wilburson's effort.

I enjoyed every aspect of this book

I bought the paperback and read in the author’s notes that the audio version had music and sound effects, I had to get that version also. I loved the continuation of H.G.Wells War of the Worlds. In addition to a perfect short sci fi the touching relationship between George and Laura in the face of the end of the world was heartwarming with a ring of truth. The gentleman who shields his wife from the headlines blaring out from the paper box is my kind of guy, and a great main character!

Great Adventure for H.G. Wells' Fans!

The story is fabulous with multiple surprises at the end and familiar, yet different. Loved the perfectly complimentary readings and H.E.'s music. Wonderful!

So Much Fun!

I am a big fan of "The War of the Worlds" by HG Wells, so naturally a fanfic late sequel sounded appealing to me. I was very impressed with how well the author was able to write in Wells' style without completely emulating it. There's enough of Wilburson's own voice in here to feel original.

I was very interested in the looming threat approaching earth throughout the novel, and I was disappointed that the plot beat resolved itself without much of any conflict or conflict resolution. The ending overall felt a bit rushed. And I will say that some of the Martian tech in this felt a bit like "oneupmanship" over Wells' fighting machines from the original story.

The narration and music are a nice touch, though sometimes the music feels a bit out of place for the scene. It's not super distracting. Just something I had to get used to.

Overall, this is a great read! It's well structured, well written and a great homage to one of the greatest Sci-Fi writers of all time. If you are looking for a sci-fi horror read to keep you company this spooky season, I highly recommend giving this one a go! I will absolutely be checking out the sequels as well.

Not what I thought,dissapointing

At first the narrator was pulling me in with a good English narration, until he mentions Ogillvy.

In HG Well's version, Ogilvy dies early in the beginning of the story. In this continuation, he's still living. THAT was a turn off for me. Then the narrator later mentions the death of the curate without a hint of guilt due to the fact in the HG Wells version, the narrator strikes the curate with a shovel knocking him out. Later a Martian tentacle drags the curate away, leaving the reader to assume what happened to the curate.

So I had difficulty continuing with the story knowing that the author used license to alter the facts of HG Well''s work, which to me is like alternating a painting by Rembrandt or Da Vinci.