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Francis Spufford considers the delight which HG Wells took in destroying the Surrey town of Woking in his sci-fi classic The War of the Worlds. What kind of world was Woking and what was it he was so intent on destroying? Joining Francis is science fiction chronicler Roger Luckhurst (Birkbeck University) and historian Astrid Svenson (Brunel University). First broadcast on Following the Martian Invasion, 7 March 2017.
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