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 Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published July 20, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
184 pages
English language
Published Oct. 31, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
181 pages
English language
Published Jan. 4, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published July 7, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5331-4292-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
222 pages
English language
Published Sept. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
132 pages
Published Jan. 9, 2020
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- 978-1-989814-01-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: With original illustrations
186 pages
English language
Published July 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5385-1388-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72791620
The War of the Worlds
108 pages
Published March 27, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4839-7462-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
150 pages
Published June 9, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0728-2675-0Copied ISBN!
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- 50135687
The War of the Worlds
202 pages
Published June 23, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5482-9255-3Copied ISBN!
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- 40334463
The War of the Worlds:
116 pages
Published March 26, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9806-6022-4Copied ISBN!
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- 40772972
The War of the Worlds
572 pages
Published Oct. 1, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6967-1117-3Copied ISBN!
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- 49057889
The War of the Worlds
294 pages
Published Aug. 30, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4922-8116-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
178 pages
Published Feb. 13, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
290 pages
Published Nov. 23, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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