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: Illustrated
184 pages
Published Aug. 31, 2016
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- 978-1-77275-433-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
256 pages
Published July 5, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
112 pages
Published Dec. 9, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7913-1768-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: A Dual-Language Book
444 pages
Published Sept. 20, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 55774151
War of the Worlds
285 pages
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- 978-0-88301-136-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
262 pages
Published Aug. 24, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6884-4092-0Copied ISBN!
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La Guerra de los mundos
360 pages
Published July 12, 2022
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- 978-84-15215-68-4Copied ISBN!
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- 59486346
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Oct. 6, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5393-2362-4Copied ISBN!
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- 32590298
The War of the Worlds.: science fiction novel
110 pages
Published Oct. 11, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6991-9271-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
112 pages
Published Feb. 19, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4825-8841-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
76 pages
Published Feb. 8, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5429-6456-2Copied ISBN!
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- 34458411
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
Published Nov. 12, 2019
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- 978-1-77226-943-7Copied ISBN!
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- 48703066
The War of the Worlds
308 pages
Published Aug. 12, 2011
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- 978-1-175-00080-4Copied ISBN!
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- 51125400
The War of the Worlds
446 pages
Published Oct. 6, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7276-6362-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Dyslexia-Friendly Edition
256 pages
Published March 28, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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