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
152 pages
Published Nov. 6, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7309-3420-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
378 pages
Published Jan. 12, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
182 pages
Published April 6, 2019
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- 978-0-368-55684-5Copied ISBN!
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La Guerra de Los Mundos
174 pages
Published Oct. 20, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds: By H. G. Wells - Illustrated
177 pages
Published July 20, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
208 pages
Published Jan. 5, 2017 by Vintage Classics.
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- 978-1-78487-211-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
110 pages
Published April 7, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
150 pages
Published Dec. 3, 2019
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The War of the Worlds
572 pages
Published April 18, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
256 pages
Published May 16, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0985-7273-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
172 pages
Published March 25, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5447-2747-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
460 pages
Published Dec. 31, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6731-6481-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
240 pages
Published Sept. 29, 2022 by William Collins.
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- 978-0-00-859017-8Copied ISBN!
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- 61812158
The War of the Worlds
132 pages
Published June 11, 2020
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- 978-1-80060-490-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
158 pages
Published Oct. 17, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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