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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War of the worlds
178 pages
English language
Published June 6, 2015
The War of the Worlds
211 pages
English language
Published Dec. 24, 2016
The War of the Worlds
146 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 2017
The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published July 12, 2014
The War of the Worlds
193 pages
English language
Published Oct. 11, 2014
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Oct. 19, 2015
The War of the Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2016
La guerra de los mundos (traducción 2022) (lectura fácil, font 12pt) (Spanish Edition)
161 pages
Spanish language
Published April 4, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-4464-1345-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64712666
War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published June 2, 2005
The War of the Worlds
110 pages
English language
Published Oct. 15, 2010 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
La guerre des mondes
French language
Published Sept. 15, 2019
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4656-3469-6Copied ISBN!
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- 73422745
The War of the Worlds
262 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1995
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published April 14, 2015
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2002 by Modern Library.
The War of the Worlds
193 pages
English language
Published Aug. 11, 2015
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