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
121 pages
Published Jan. 29, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds: Includes New Illustrations and Updated Biography
126 pages
Published Nov. 16, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
184 pages
Published Sept. 7, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
184 pages
Published Nov. 13, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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La guerre des mondes
204 pages
Published Sept. 21, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
114 pages
Published April 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
138 pages
Published May 17, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds.
120 pages
Published Dec. 6, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5197-0377-4Copied ISBN!
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Dünyalar Savasi
244 pages
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- 978-605-7611-05-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
282 pages
Published Aug. 25, 2020
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- 978-0-9992022-4-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
228 pages
Published Feb. 14, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
256 pages
Published March 30, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
570 pages
Published Aug. 15, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
110 pages
Published June 27, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
184 pages
Published Dec. 11, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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