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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114 pages
Published April 2, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
242 pages
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The War of the Worlds
140 pages
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The War of the Worlds
152 pages
Published Jan. 21, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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184 pages
Published March 21, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
156 pages
Published April 18, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
116 pages
Published Sept. 10, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
126 pages
Published May 14, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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200 pages
Published March 19, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
190 pages
Published Jan. 13, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
236 pages
Published Oct. 16, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published June 3, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
172 pages
Published July 29, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
218 pages
Published July 11, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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War of the Worlds
288 pages
Published July 1, 2020 by Legend Press.
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