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
308 pages
English language
Published Aug. 12, 2011
The War of the Worlds
95 pages
English language
Published June 30, 2014
The War of the Worlds
134 pages
English language
Published April 6, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
La Guerre des mondes
234 pages
French language
Published Sept. 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-4855-3320-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72212833
La Guerra de los Mundos (Classic Fiction) (Spanish Edition)
Spanish language
Published Dec. 11, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4965-7500-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73470459
H.G. Wells - The War of the Worlds
182 pages
English language
Published Jan. 14, 2015
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2012
The War of the Worlds
253 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1967
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
The War of the Worlds
285 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1968 by Scholastic Corporation.
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published June 24, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-8379-4631-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686397
The War of the Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898
The War Of The Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1975
The War Of The Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1969 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds - with the original illustrations (H. G. Wells) (Literary Thoughts Edition)
307 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2016 by epubli.
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