: A pivotal chapter where the narrator discovers the Martians have died from Earthly infections ( Lit2Go ).
The phrase "Dead London" has appeared in several famous media contexts:
The smell hit him before he reached Oxford Street: the scent of stagnant water, scorched brick, and something older and more biological. He passed a double-decker bus that had been tossed onto its side like a child’s toy. Nearby, the bleached ribs of a horse lay tangled in the harness, picked clean by the starving dogs that now ruled the back alleys. Dead London
: Jeff Wayne’s musical version of The War of the Worlds includes a haunting track titled "Dead London," capturing the atmosphere of the abandoned city ( Musical Version ).
: An Eighth Doctor audio drama titled Dead London features the Doctor trapped in a "maze of interlocking Londons" from different time periods ( Tardis Wiki ). : A pivotal chapter where the narrator discovers
It was the cry of a Martian Fighting Machine, but it lacked its usual predatory sharp edge. It sounded like a sob. George climbed the earthen ramparts near Primrose Hill, his breath coming in ragged gasps. He expected to see the flash of a Heat-Ray or the sweep of a metallic tentacle. Instead, he saw the end of the world's end.
The silence in London was not the quiet of a sleeping city; it was the heavy, suffocating stillness of a tomb. George stepped over a scattered pile of watches and gold chains on the pavement near South Kensington, their ticking long since choked by the fine black dust that coated every surface like a shroud. He didn't look at the jeweler's broken window. In a city where a loaf of bread was worth more than a crown, gold was just another kind of gravel. Nearby, the bleached ribs of a horse lay
As he neared Regent's Park, a sound began to vibrate in his chest—a mournful, mechanical wailing that cut through the stillness. "Ulla... ulla... ulla..."