Alien Invasion Fiction is a science fiction subgenre in which extraterrestrial beings arrive on Earth as invaders rather than as neutral or curious visitors, typically to conquer, colonize, exterminate or exploit humanity and its planet. The subgenre gives its human characters and societies an overwhelming external threat to respond to, and its stories commonly explore themes of colonization, the fragility of human institutions in a crisis, and organized human resistance against a technologically superior enemy. H.G. Wells's 1897 novel The War of the Worlds is generally regarded as the genre's founding and most influential work, and alien invasion has remained one of the most enduring and frequently reworked premises in science fiction in the more than a century since.
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Place of OriginEngland; H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds (1898) depicted the Martian invasion of Victorian England and established the genre's key themes. 1 Notable ExampleH. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds (1898), depicting the Martian invasion of Victorian England, is now seen as the seminal alien invasion story. 1 Defining TraitA common feature of science fiction in which extraterrestrial lifeforms invade Earth to exterminate and supplant, enslave, harvest, or otherwise despoil humanity or the planet. 1 In the Other Atlases
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1. Alien invasion (Wikipedia)
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Alien invasion or space invasion is a common feature in science fiction stories and films, in which extraterrestrial lifeforms invade Earth to exterminate and supplant human life, enslave it, harvest people for food, steal the planet's resources, or destroy the planet altogether.
Origins section
In 1898, Wells published The War of the Worlds, depicting the invasion of Victorian England by Martians equipped with advanced weaponry.
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