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
237 pages
English language
Published Sept. 27, 2015
War of the Worlds
174 pages
English language
Published Aug. 29, 2017
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published May 29, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5118-9006-7Copied ISBN!
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- 58207616
The War of the Worlds
213 pages
English language
Published Feb. 18, 2012
The War of the Worlds
170 pages
English language
Published June 3, 2014
The War of the Worlds
88 pages
English language
Published March 30, 2004
La guerra de los mundos
Spanish language
Published April 12, 2018
- ISBN:
- 978-84-09-00323-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 49351158
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2004 by Phoenix.
La guerra de los mundos (traducción 2022) (lectura fácil, font 12pt) (Spanish Edition)
161 pages
Spanish language
Published April 5, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-4464-1721-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64712665
The War of the Worlds
211 pages
English language
Published Jan. 16, 2017
The War Of The Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published May 30, 2016
The War of the Worlds
258 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1980
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published Dec. 19, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5837-0248-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 56372566
A guerra dos mundos
Portuguese language
Published May 27, 2016
- ISBN:
- 978-85-438-0859-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73319650
The War of the Worlds
232 pages
English language
Published Aug. 19, 2011 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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