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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The War Of The Worlds
148 pages
Published July 5, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
178 pages
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published May 2, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
154 pages
Published May 7, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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La Guerra de los Mundos
126 pages
Published April 14, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds - The Original Classic
224 pages
Published Feb. 24, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds: Special Edition
376 pages
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The War of the Worlds
340 pages
Published Oct. 25, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
130 pages
Published April 3, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
180 pages
Published April 10, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
246 pages
Published Jan. 25, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
162 pages
Published June 11, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5123-0685-9Copied ISBN!
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La Guerre des mondes
192 pages
Published July 27, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5354-0179-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
239 pages
Published Sept. 15, 2010
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Feb. 28, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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