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
146 pages
English language
Published April 4, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0926-9075-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728581
The War Of The Worlds
262 pages
English language
Published Dec. 31, 1995
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- 978-0-7451-3076-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2020
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- 978-1-80060-498-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728273
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Dec. 14, 2007
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- 978-1-4065-8438-7Copied ISBN!
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- 8243241
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2015
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- 978-1-77226-124-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728347
The War of the Worlds
332 pages
English language
Published Aug. 27, 2010
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- 978-1-177-75766-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728462
The War of the Worlds
130 pages
English language
Published Aug. 8, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9743-9359-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728869
The War of the Worlds
182 pages
English language
Published Dec. 31, 2007
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- 978-0-531-16963-6Copied ISBN!
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- 80938
The War of The Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5023-8167-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728264
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Sept. 2, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9759-5285-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728822
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2006 by Penguin Group.
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- 978-0-14-102600-8Copied ISBN!
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- 1775997
The War Of The Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published 2010
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- 978-1-4528-1898-6Copied ISBN!
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- 8514841
The War of The Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5023-8149-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728961
The War of the Worlds
154 pages
English language
Published Sept. 10, 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
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- 978-1-162-71188-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728412
War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1988 by Tor Books.
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- 978-0-8125-5754-1Copied ISBN!
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