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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- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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124 pages
Published Sept. 8, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
284 pages
Published Jan. 31, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
150 pages
Published Sept. 10, 2019
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The War of the Worlds
132 pages
Published Sept. 3, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
136 pages
Published Sept. 7, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Aug. 14, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
208 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2014
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Dec. 26, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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جنگ دنیاها
64 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2015
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The War of the Worlds
242 pages
Published Dec. 22, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
256 pages
Published Oct. 1, 2016
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The War of the Worlds
172 pages
Published Nov. 1, 2010
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The War of the Worlds
340 pages
Published Jan. 27, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
220 pages
Published Oct. 10, 2012 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
372 pages
Published July 31, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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