The grumble was more that The Rest Of The World didn't seem to even be on the Martian radar
In terms of conquering the planet, on a practical level, the British Isles really should have been a footnote, looking at land mass etc.
But as I say, it makes it a different book, and muddies the metaphor a bit.
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Mon 30 Sep 2019, 18:38,
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Ok, but it was written in the late 1800's, when the British Empire was still very much a thing. If you we're slowly but surely drawing your plans against that Earth, an all-out assault on London makes sense. Decapitate the strongest nation, then work on the weaker ones.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Mon 30 Sep 2019, 22:54,
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Not sure I'd agree with that assessment of relative strengths
And it would be piss easy for a Planet of Martians to isolate a small island off the coast of Europe, when all you were interested in doing is basically eat everyone.
Don't think that book would have sold much though.
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Thrill_My_Chinchilla is old and unimproved, Tue 1 Oct 2019, 18:39,
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