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
93 pages
Published Oct. 7, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6982-8359-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
118 pages
Published June 27, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0766-0446-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: H. G. Wells
116 pages
Published Oct. 22, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5396-8072-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
224 pages
Published Feb. 11, 2016
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- 978-1-78201-138-5Copied ISBN!
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- 29065990
The War of the Worlds
85 pages
Published Jan. 1, 1990
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- 978-0-7921-0224-3Copied ISBN!
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- 16310093
The War of the Worlds
112 pages
Published March 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5449-8454-4Copied ISBN!
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- 34770749
The War of the Worlds
176 pages
Published March 27, 2017
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- 978-606-983-156-4Copied ISBN!
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- 34784901
The War of the Worlds
472 pages
Published Nov. 22, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7901-7887-2Copied ISBN!
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- 43339511
The War of the Worlds
92 pages
Published Dec. 19, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5193-2083-4Copied ISBN!
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- 28391577
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Jan. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6580-8888-6Copied ISBN!
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- 54715183
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published Oct. 5, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 42239947
The War of the Worlds
88 pages
Published Aug. 12, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7249-8199-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
466 pages
Published Nov. 24, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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La Guerra De Los Mundos
240 pages
Published March 25, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5307-3926-4Copied ISBN!
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- 29793069
The War of the Worlds
112 pages
Published Aug. 14, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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