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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La guerre des mondes
470 pages
French language
Published Sept. 18, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4763-9380-1Copied ISBN!
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- 64686422
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published March 17, 2013 by Baen Books.
The War of the Worlds
178 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2006
The War of the Worlds: By H. G. Wells - Illustrated
236 pages
English language
Published Dec. 24, 2015
The War of the Worlds
236 pages
English language
Published Feb. 1, 2016
The War of the Worlds
280 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1964
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published Nov. 17, 2015
War of the Worlds: A Scrambled Translation
128 pages
English language
Published Jan. 26, 2005
La guerre des mondes
202 pages
English language
Published April 7, 2015
LA GUERRA DE LOS MUNDOS
136 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4083-8209-5Copied ISBN!
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- 64712670
The War of the Worlds
266 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Sourcebooks.
The War of the Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published March 21, 2016
The War of the Worlds: By H. G. Wells: Illustrated
236 pages
English language
Published Oct. 24, 2016
The War of the Worlds
310 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898
Der Krieg der Welten
179 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 2017
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