Monument to ... Martian Machines?! - Neatorama

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: http://deputy-dog.com/2008/08/03/horsells-awesome-martian-fighting-machine/

Photo: TzeKing [Flickr]

Woking... not Working.

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I like those small tentacles.

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

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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.

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

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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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