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 by H. G. Wells
160 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War Of The Worlds: with H.G Wells's Biography
187 pages
English language
Published July 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells By Annotated Edition
238 pages
English language
Published May 19, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds(Annotated)
222 pages
English language
Published July 31, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Oct. 11, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds : Illustrated Edition
221 pages
English language
Published May 12, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 65728593
The War of the Worlds
230 pages
English language
Published Aug. 2, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8436-1944-2Copied ISBN!
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War of the Worlds
170 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds:
214 pages
English language
Published March 7, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7180-3677-0Copied ISBN!
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Rollercoasters: The War of the Worlds
280 pages
Published Feb. 2, 2017
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- 978-0-19-839624-6Copied ISBN!
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- 36317036
Wojna światów
229 pages
Polish language
Published June 24, 2014
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- 978-83-7590-204-4Copied ISBN!
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- 34662149
The War of the Worlds
156 pages
Published July 9, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0792-1768-1Copied ISBN!
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- 51604002
The War of the Worlds
104 pages
Published Dec. 3, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5407-9520-5Copied ISBN!
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- 33242655
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
157 pages
English language
Published March 26, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6309-1918-2Copied ISBN!
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