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
250 pages
Published Oct. 6, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6978-5337-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
152 pages
Published Jan. 19, 2017
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- 978-5-521-00163-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds - Stepping Stones Chapter Book
176 pages
Published July 10, 2005 by Scholastic Corporation.
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- 978-0-439-80593-3Copied ISBN!
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La Guerra de Los Mundos
182 pages
Published March 24, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5449-0347-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
172 pages
Published Sept. 3, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5171-7547-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
178 pages
Published March 18, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9866-1251-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
340 pages
Published July 13, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
178 pages
Published Jan. 20, 2021
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- 978-1-63703-121-6Copied ISBN!
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- 61905001
The War of the Worlds
154 pages
Published Jan. 6, 2021
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- 978-93-5462-332-5Copied ISBN!
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- 59100964
The War Of The Worlds
260 pages
Published Feb. 17, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9803-2104-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
228 pages
Published Aug. 30, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
172 pages
Published March 10, 2017
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- 978-1-366-45377-8Copied ISBN!
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- 34543828
The War of the Worlds
116 pages
Published Feb. 21, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9856-7043-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
256 pages
Published July 30, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0861-9411-1Copied ISBN!
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War of the Worlds
122 pages
Published July 5, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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