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
134 pages
Published Jan. 22, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5076-7326-3Copied ISBN!
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- 26467542
The War of the Worlds
148 pages
Published Jan. 25, 2017
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- 978-1-365-70810-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
178 pages
Published Aug. 14, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9744-9215-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds:
124 pages
Published Feb. 25, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5441-2249-6Copied ISBN!
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- 34587259
Dünyalar Savasi
288 pages
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- 978-605-2398-73-9Copied ISBN!
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- 46031898
The War of the Worlds
98 pages
Published Jan. 25, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7951-2235-1Copied ISBN!
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- 43739529
The War of the Worlds
152 pages
Published July 4, 2014
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- 978-1-926606-90-3Copied ISBN!
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- 22791730
The War of the Worlds
216 pages
Published Sept. 1, 2016
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- 978-1-4733-3361-1Copied ISBN!
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- 32034502
Világok harca
252 pages
Hungarian language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-963-7253-52-2Copied ISBN!
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- 23556205
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
210 pages
English language
Published Dec. 20, 2009
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1946 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds
290 pages
English language
Published June 15, 2006 by Pocket Books.
The War of the Worlds
234 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2017 by Folio Society.
The War of the Worlds
226 pages
English language
Published Jan. 22, 2022
The War Of The Worlds
206 pages
English language
Published July 30, 2012
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