Monument to … Martian Machines?!

By Alex in Travel on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:04 pm

This has got to be one of the strangest monument ever: a sculpture of a Martian invader (a Tripod, actually) in Working Woking, England (H.G. Well’s hometown and the area in which the Martian first arrived in his novel War of the Worlds.

Deputy Dog has some awesome pics: Link

Photo: TzeKing [Flickr]


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  1. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    Aug 9th, 2008 at 3:14 pm

    Woking… not Working.

  2. JC
    Aug 10th, 2008 at 12:53 am

    I like those small tentacles.

  3. MoonCake
    Aug 10th, 2008 at 6:29 am

    looks like the things from half-life2. DAMN those things were hard to kill…

  4. Aidan
    Aug 10th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Is the typo “sculpture of a Martian invader in Working, England” meant to read “…working in England” or “…in Woking, England”?

    If it’s the former we might be in deep trouble.

  5. Skipweasel
    Aug 11th, 2008 at 3:20 am

    Immortalised in Douglas Adams’ “Meaning of Liff”,
    WOKING (participial vb.)
    Standing in the kitchen wondering what you came in here for.

  6. Matt
    Aug 11th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

    This is a great gallery of covers for the book, over the 100+ years it’s been in print. Lots of different tripod designs!
    http://drzeus.best.vwh.net/wotw/


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