The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weapons than humans. The Martians intend to eliminate humankind and conquer Earth because their own …
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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells about an attempted invasion of Earth by beings from the planet Mars with much greater intelligence and more advanced weapons than humans. The Martians intend to eliminate humankind and conquer Earth because their own older and smaller world has reached the "last stage of exhaustion". It was written between 1895 and 1897, and serialised in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US in 1897. The full novel was first published in hardcover in 1898 by William Heinemann. The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel is the first-person narrative of an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and his younger brother who escapes to Tillingham in Essex as London and Southern England are invaded by Martians. It is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. Its 1938 radio broadcast directed and narrated by Orson Welles caused a sensation, convincing part of the general public that a Martian invasion was ongoing.
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- LibraryThing key:
- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2012
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- 978-1-935548-17-1Copied ISBN!
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- 15036620
War of the Worlds
238 pages
English language
Published Dec. 30, 2003
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- 978-1-932681-79-6Copied ISBN!
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- 7738850
The War Of The Worlds Original Version
178 pages
English language
Published Feb. 26, 2010
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- 978-1-4505-9325-0Copied ISBN!
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- 8550638
The War of the Worlds
116 pages
English language
Published Oct. 8, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7268-7411-3Copied ISBN!
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- 68387060
The War Of The Worlds
252 pages
English language
Published Oct. 28, 2001 by House of Stratus.
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- 978-0-7551-0426-0Copied ISBN!
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- 2510
The War of the Worlds
142 pages
English language
Published March 11, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9805-2666-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728678
The War of the Worlds (Best Novel Classics) (Volume 64)
150 pages
English language
Published Aug. 17, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5371-5156-4Copied ISBN!
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- 31669923
The War of the Worlds
297 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019
- ISBN:
- 978-81-212-1763-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728186
The War of the Worlds
237 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2009 by Barnes & Noble.
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- 978-1-4114-3346-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 7192934
The War of the Worlds
138 pages
English language
Published Dec. 9, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5410-1581-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 33530151
The War of the Worlds
58 pages
English language
Published Aug. 10, 2012
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- 978-1-77045-932-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728944
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published April 21, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4037-1438-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 2936885
The War of the Worlds
196 pages
English language
Published July 5, 2018
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- 978-1-78487-463-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 40937345
The War Of The Worlds
140 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2011
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- 978-1-61293-100-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 12897760
The War of the Worlds
408 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2006
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4195-9328-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 728199
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