After a Lean Winter

by David Farland

In 1898, Martians attacked Earth, according to H.G. Wells in his classic War of the Worlds. He tells the story of what happened in England, but what of the rest of the world? In “After a Lean Winter,” David Farland reimagines the invasion from the point of view of International Best Seller Jack London—with dark and fascinating results!

Genres: Science Fiction

35 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

David Farland is the author of the bestselling Runelords series, including Chaosbound, The Wyrmling Horde and Worldbinder. He also writes science-fiction as David Wolverton. He won the 1987 Writers of the Future contest, and has been nominated for a Nebula Award and a Hugo Award. Farland also works as a video game designer, and has taught writing seminars around the U.S. and Canada. He lives in Saint George, Utah. He passed away on January 14, 2022.

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Reviews

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

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Farland does a good job of capturing the voice of Jack London, which makes up for the predictable elements.

[B.E. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting tale of what Alaska circa HG Wells' 'War of the Worlds' would be like through the eyes of Jack London. I think Mr. Farland did an excellent job of capturing the feel of Jack London. Although, there were aspects in this vision that I didn't remember from the original novel. (I thought they only did the blood drinking thing in that horrible Tom Cruise version of the movie... I'll have to go back and re-read Wells' story to be sure.) Still, a pretty good and fairly quick read.

[Benjamin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Farland does a great job not only capturing the feel of the era of The War of the Worlds but writes from the perspective of author Jack London who is trapped in the wastes of Alaska as the Martians take over. It was an engrossing story and I may read it again sometime because he does such a good job at painting his scenes.

[Ilona Fenton · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked this up because of the blurb about it being a different viewpoint in The War Of The Worlds. I was vastly disappointed as if you took away the references to H G Well’s Martians you were basically left with a dog fight with aliens!

[Liana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good mix of War of the Worlds with a classic writer in that same period. Sadly, although the story was very well written and interesting, I don't care for some of Jack London's stories, and this one includes a reason why...prominently, as the main part / focus of the story.