Consequences of HG Wells Martian invasion of England

[Patrice]

Well in my pulp games, the second wave of martians came in 1908 and were mostly destroyed whilst trying to land in the tunguska region of Siberia. The martian survivors, with only a few bits of their tech, then slowly took over the Russian empire and introduced the most inhuman form of government ever known to man, Communism

Aaargh. About history... hum... in 1908 Karl Marx was already dead since 25 years so the people on our planet had no need to listen to the Martians to decide about the most inhuman forms of human politics (...and that would be another discussion...!). The 2nd Socialist International already existed, and there had been event in Russia in 1905...

But let's talk Pulp  . Very interesting pics of Martian/Russian tech you have there, congratulations!

[Amalric]

Aaargh. About history... hum... in 1908 Karl Marx was already dead since 25 years so the people on our planet had no need to listen to the Martians to decide about the most inhuman forms of human politics (...and that would be another discussion...!). The 2nd Socialist International already existed, and there had been event in Russia in 1905...

But let's talk Pulp  . Very interesting pics of Martian/Russian tech you have there, congratulations!

Ah, history smistory, why let that get in the way of good ole pulp. Besides, isn't it more fun for the the commies to be martian reds?

As for the tank, its called the Tsar's Tank and I can'tclaim any credit for the thing or the pics either.

[Burgundavia]

Ah, history smistory, why let that get in the way of good ole pulp. Besides, isn't it more fun for the the commies to be martian reds?

As for the tank, its called the Tsar's Tank and I can'tclaim any credit for the thing or the pics either.

You're telling this all wrong. Martians, for whom the ability to grow a beard was almost unheard of except in their highest priests, were drawn to Marxist belief as would a fly to honey. They ended up in control of Russia, which is filled with mens with beards, by being able to drink the Russians under the table, thus being last one standing.

[Red Orc]

But don't you realise that 'Karl Marx' actually means 'man of Mars'?

 

[Wirelizard]

You're telling this all wrong. Martians, for whom the ability to grow a beard was almost unheard of except in their highest priests, were drawn to Marxist belief as would a fly to honey. They ended up in control of Russia, which is filled with mens with beards, by being able to drink the Russians under the table, thus being last one standing.

I'm just going to assume you were exceedingly drunk when you wrote this. 

And worse, that you hadn't invited me over to share your windfall of stuff to get exceedingly drunk on!

[Burgundavia]

I'm just going to assume you were exceedingly drunk when you wrote this. 

And worse, that you hadn't invited me over to share your windfall of stuff to get exceedingly drunk on!

Sadly no alcohol in sight, save the empty Hobgoblin bottle on my desk from weeks ago. So no, I wasn't ungenerous in sharing my non-existent alcohol.

[Amalric]

But don't you realise that 'Karl Marx' actually means 'man of Mars'?

What a dunce I am for not noticing that!
It's so obvious.

I just stumbled upon this WWW2/Martian Invasion web comic,
http://www.bombshelterzine.com/wordpress/

[frontal assault]

Their was a 2000AD strip set about 10 years after the Martian Invasion where Martian technology had put Britain far beyond the other major powers but resulted in massive unemployment and social unrest.  Alternatively in Space Captain Smith, War of the worlds is explained as a cover-up for an actual invasion (Wells simply exaggerated some of the details to improve circulation).