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
204 pages
English language
Published July 23, 2010
The War of the Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published March 31, 2016
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published Oct. 6, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-3566-3557-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686420
The War of the Worlds
432 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2011
The War Of The Worlds
143 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1988 by Marshall Cavendish.
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published June 24, 2010
The War of the Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published Dec. 28, 2015
La guerra de los mundos: Clásicos de la literatura
188 pages
English language
Published July 11, 2015 by e-ArtNow.
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
261 pages
English language
Published Nov. 24, 2010
The War of The Worlds
179 pages
English language
Published April 27, 2015 by e-ArtNow.
The War Of The Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published May 16, 2016
La Guerra dei Mondi
174 pages
Italian language
Published July 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-8402-0992-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 67317005
La Guerre des Mondes (Roman Illustré) (French Edition)
211 pages
French language
Published Feb. 22, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4212-4222-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 71156888
Klodernes kamp
Danish language
Published Aug. 15, 2018
- ISBN:
- 978-87-11-97579-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 42652407
The War of the Worlds
253 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1967
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