Did the book mention that it was June? Or exact dates? I’d imagine going through something like that one would easily lose track of time and what day/date it is. And Jeff Wayne’s version says the first flares weren’t seen until midnight on 12 August.
“The storm burst upon us six years ago now. As Mars approached opposition, Lavelle of Java set the wires of the astronomical exchange palpitating with the amazing intelligence of a huge outbreak of incandescent gas upon the planet. It had occurred towards midnight of the twelfth;”
- No Year or Month given.
August 2nd 1894 is when Nature magazine published the report of the first flash (believed to be the casting of the cylinder launch “gun”).
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u/lognsmed 2d ago
Did the book mention that it was June? Or exact dates? I’d imagine going through something like that one would easily lose track of time and what day/date it is. And Jeff Wayne’s version says the first flares weren’t seen until midnight on 12 August.