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
160 pages
Published Oct. 21, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9731-2151-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
330 pages
Published April 24, 2018 by Forgotten Books.
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- 978-0-265-47458-7Copied ISBN!
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- 37037181
The War of the Worlds
228 pages
Published Feb. 22, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4959-8369-6Copied ISBN!
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- 20964830
The War of the Worlds
238 pages
Published May 1, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7175-6637-9Copied ISBN!
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- 40145275
The War of the Worlds
96 pages
Published May 2, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5120-0915-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
280 pages
Published April 4, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0926-9263-2Copied ISBN!
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- 45456352
The War of the Worlds
338 pages
Published July 20, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5151-4299-7Copied ISBN!
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- 26474015
La guerre des mondes
390 pages
French language
Published 2024 by La République des Lettres.
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- 978-2-8249-1280-6Copied ISBN!
The War of the Worlds
138 pages
Published Oct. 21, 2010
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- 978-1-4563-0723-3Copied ISBN!
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- 42264625
The War of the Worlds
184 pages
Published Aug. 19, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9745-4764-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
292 pages
Published June 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5484-2146-5Copied ISBN!
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- 35590385
La Guerra de Los Mundos
174 pages
Published Dec. 10, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9815-3065-6Copied ISBN!
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- 37503868
The War of the Worlds
256 pages
Published July 16, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0799-2256-1Copied ISBN!
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- 52079103
Wojna Swiatow wersja angielska z podrecznym slownikiem angielsko-polskim
412 pages
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- 978-83-65646-33-0Copied ISBN!
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- 40888761
The War of the Worlds: A Critical Text of the 1898 London First Edition, with an Introduction, Illustrations and Appendices
333 pages
Published April 18, 2012 by McFarland & Company.
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- 978-0-7864-6872-0Copied ISBN!
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