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
142 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1951 by Heinemann.
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- 978-0-434-85203-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
200 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 1993 by Tor Books.
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- 978-0-8125-0515-3Copied ISBN!
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- 652083
The War of the Worlds
144 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2008
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- 978-0-9777694-5-2Copied ISBN!
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- 4567303
The War Of The Worlds
143 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1988 by Marshall Cavendish.
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- 978-0-86307-699-2Copied ISBN!
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- 12612406
The War of the Worlds
215 pages
English language
Published Jan. 24, 2017
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- 978-1-909621-54-1Copied ISBN!
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- 29939321
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published July 1, 2005
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- 978-1-4218-0630-3Copied ISBN!
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- 14326464
The War of the Worlds: Premium Edition - Illustrated
180 pages
English language
Published April 23, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5328-6482-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728266
The War of The Worlds
67 pages
English language
Published Dec. 29, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9767-5693-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728758
The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2020
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- 978-1-80060-495-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728516
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published Jan. 26, 2017 by William Collins.
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- 978-0-00-819001-9Copied ISBN!
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- 31143780
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published July 5, 2010
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- 978-1-926801-03-2Copied ISBN!
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- 9066167
The War of the Worlds
152 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 2013
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- 978-1-60796-559-6Copied ISBN!
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- 17818488
The War of The Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5023-8175-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728982
The War of the Worlds
122 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2010
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- 978-1-907523-67-0Copied ISBN!
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- 14567304
The War of the Worlds
157 pages
English language
Published July 7, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9833-8677-0Copied ISBN!
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- 72628577
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