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
126 pages
English language
Published Sept. 15, 2021
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- 978-1-4209-7622-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
154 pages
English language
Published Dec. 14, 2011
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- 978-1-61427-215-1Copied ISBN!
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The Time Machine
113 pages
English language
Published Feb. 7, 2022
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- 978-1-954839-45-8Copied ISBN!
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- 60940273
War Of The Worlds
2 pages
English language
Published May 4, 1995
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- 978-1-85998-185-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
130 pages
English language
Published June 19, 2018
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- 978-88-283-3740-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728501
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
188 pages
English language
Published Dec. 28, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published Jan. 16, 2020
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- 978-1-989814-45-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728973
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published July 1, 2015
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- 978-1-5147-8792-2Copied ISBN!
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- 25986023
The War of the Worlds
223 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019
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- 978-1-78270-344-0Copied ISBN!
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- 59698529
The War of the Worlds
238 pages
English language
Published May 9, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5465-9405-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published March 8, 1994 by HarperAudio.
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- 978-1-55994-911-8Copied ISBN!
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- 13622342
The War of the Worlds
116 pages
English language
Published May 18, 2016
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- 978-1-5333-3279-0Copied ISBN!
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- 30278225
The War of the Worlds
216 pages
English language
Published Feb. 5, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9850-6765-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728657
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published July 1, 2008 by Signet Press.
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- 978-1-4362-4643-9Copied ISBN!
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- 17776077
The War of the Worlds
124 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2000
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- 978-1-57646-511-0Copied ISBN!
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- 12927824
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