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
224 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2007 by Tor Books.
The War of the Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published May 8, 2016
The War of the Worlds
302 pages
English language
Published July 19, 2014
The War of the Worlds
254 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1967 by Lancer Books.
La Guerre des mondes illustree
195 pages
French language
Published May 21, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-5079-2829-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686388
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1946 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2009
The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1964
The War of the Worlds
164 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 1988 by Bantam Books.
The War of the Worlds
193 pages
English language
Published June 23, 2014
La Guerre des mondes illustree
234 pages
French language
Published July 12, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-5360-6468-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 70519317
The War of the Worlds
145 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1997
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published Oct. 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3585-7020-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686398
La Guerra de los Mundos
256 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2018
The War of the Worlds
342 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898
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