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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War of the Worlds
156 pages
Published Aug. 22, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9756-9542-2Copied ISBN!
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The War Of The Worlds
114 pages
Published Aug. 25, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds: Collector's Edition
142 pages
Published April 2, 2009
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- 978-1-4421-3027-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Bilingaul Edition
316 pages
Published May 7, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds (1898). By: H. G. Wells: Science fiction novel (With illustrations)
118 pages
Published April 25, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
206 pages
Published Jan. 25, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5236-4760-6Copied ISBN!
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La Guerre des Mondes
142 pages
Published April 18, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5454-4171-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
168 pages
Published Sept. 1, 1898
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- 978-1-77441-538-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
116 pages
Published May 11, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5331-9034-5Copied ISBN!
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- 30219661
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
Published April 3, 2018
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- 978-1-5154-2689-9Copied ISBN!
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- 40014771
The War of the Worlds: Englischer Text mit deutschen Worterklärungen. C1
190 pages
Published Feb. 15, 2019
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- 978-3-15-019951-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
52 pages
Published Jan. 19, 2016
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- 978-1-910619-67-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
250 pages
Published Sept. 23, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6945-3436-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
422 pages
Published Dec. 31, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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La guerre des mondes
155 pages
French language
Published Jan. 17, 2019 by Books on Demand.
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