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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240 pages
Published Feb. 21, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds: A science fiction novel by H. G. Wells
130 pages
Published Nov. 27, 2020
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160 pages
Published Nov. 15, 2020
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118 pages
Published Aug. 21, 2010 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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290 pages
Published Nov. 23, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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116 pages
Published Aug. 28, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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216 pages
Published Jan. 20, 2021
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88 pages
Published July 4, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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200 pages
Published Oct. 11, 2022 by Chartwell Books.
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206 pages
Published July 4, 2013
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The War of the Worlds (Hiker's Digest) (Volume 2)
80 pages
Published Jan. 4, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
102 pages
Published Oct. 4, 2022
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The War Of The Worlds: The War Of The Worlds is a classic science fiction and alien encounter story.
204 pages
Published July 9, 2013
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174 pages
Published July 22, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
112 pages
Published Dec. 19, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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