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 World
124 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2012
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- 978-81-7381-789-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
176 pages
Published April 15, 2017
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- 978-606-983-196-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
488 pages
Published June 23, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7212-3741-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
130 pages
Published Oct. 11, 2012 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4800-8321-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
212 pages
Published Jan. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6531-4982-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
206 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2017
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- 978-1-4677-7621-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds (Hiker's Digest) (Volume 1)
126 pages
Published Jan. 4, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5232-4373-0Copied ISBN!
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La Guerra de Los Mundos
92 pages
Published Jan. 26, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5236-9957-5Copied ISBN!
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- 28921448
The War of the Worlds
134 pages
Published April 30, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5463-0620-7Copied ISBN!
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- 35047280
The War of the Worlds
304 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2008
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- 978-1-877527-47-0Copied ISBN!
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- 32446610
The War of the Worlds
116 pages
Published July 17, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5353-3626-0Copied ISBN!
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- 31255638
The War of the Worlds
112 pages
Published May 19, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4996-1308-7Copied ISBN!
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- 22357067
The War of the Worlds
160 pages
Published Dec. 28, 2012
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- 978-1-61640-786-5Copied ISBN!
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- 18734064
The War of the Worlds
128 pages
Published Jan. 3, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5394-9173-6Copied ISBN!
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- 33906520
The War of the Worlds
130 pages
Published June 27, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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