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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142 pages
Published May 27, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds
256 pages
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La guerra dei mondi
124 pages
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La guerre des mondes
296 pages
French language
Published Aug. 18, 2022 by Books on Demand.
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The War of the Worlds
130 pages
Published Aug. 16, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
202 pages
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The War of the Worlds
330 pages
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The War of the Worlds
192 pages
Published Nov. 6, 2018 by Vintage Books.
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The War of the Worlds
176 pages
Published July 13, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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Gwerryans an Planettys: The War of the Worlds in Cornish
244 pages
Published March 21, 2013
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Sept. 15, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War Of The Worlds
308 pages
Published April 25, 2016
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The War of the Worlds
124 pages
Published Sept. 8, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
312 pages
Published Aug. 28, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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