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
188 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1964
The War of the Worlds
158 pages
English language
Published Sept. 4, 2015
La guerra dei mondi
176 pages
English language
Published May 7, 2015
The War of the Worlds
320 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2010
The War of the Worlds: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic
432 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2011
The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2011
La Guerre Des Mondes by H.G. Wells:
198 pages
French language
Published June 12, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-8357-3780-2Copied ISBN!
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- 64686393
The War of the Worlds
69 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2016
La Guerre des mondes illustrée
234 pages
French language
Published May 14, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-8264-1171-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686413
The War of the Worlds
195 pages
English language
Published Jan. 12, 2014
Der Krieg der Welten/The War of the Worlds: Bilingual Edition/Zweisprachige Ausgabe
292 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 2017
La Guerre Des Mondes
180 pages
English language
Published March 6, 2016
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published March 9, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-4296-4600-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686391
Klodernes Kamp: Illustreret af Henrique Alvim Corrêas
280 pages
Danish language
Published July 14, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6660-5285-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 71861427
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published Sept. 3, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8496-6172-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72212836
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