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
170 pages
English language
Published Feb. 4, 2017
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- 978-1-928242-02-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2011
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- 978-0-9836166-2-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2007 by Signet Press.
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- 978-1-4406-2097-3Copied ISBN!
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- 8098290
War of the Worlds
200 pages
English language
Published July 1, 2000
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- 978-1-891355-62-2Copied ISBN!
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- 2386553
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Nov. 2, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9791-9779-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, Science Fiction, Classics
240 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2004
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- 978-0-8095-9647-8Copied ISBN!
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- 12546981
The War of the Worlds: 1898
316 pages
English language
Published Sept. 21, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7238-8791-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728663
The War of the Worlds
264 pages
English language
Published June 14, 2012
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- 978-1-4270-6757-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728291
The War of the Worlds
458 pages
English language
Published Jan. 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6758-3199-1Copied ISBN!
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- 50680320
The War of the Worlds
261 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5496-4711-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728766
The War of the Worlds
186 pages
English language
Published July 12, 2012
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- 978-0-575-11535-4Copied ISBN!
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- 15740961
The War of the Worlds
130 pages
English language
Published Sept. 13, 2011 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4663-2272-1Copied ISBN!
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- 14408646
War of the Worlds
94 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 1991 by Perfection Learning.
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- 978-0-7807-9258-6Copied ISBN!
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- 2370187
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published June 29, 2009 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-104541-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
256 pages
English language
Published April 28, 2008
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- 978-1-4344-6610-5Copied ISBN!
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- 14477576
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