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 illustrée
232 pages
French language
Published Nov. 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-5588-3938-8Copied ISBN!
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- 70519287
The War of the Worlds
242 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 2017
The War of the Worlds
210 pages
English language
Published Feb. 9, 2016
The War of the Worlds
217 pages
English language
Published March 1, 2019
The War of the Worlds
257 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2007
The War of the Worlds
236 pages
English language
Published March 17, 2016
LA GUERRA DE LOS MUNDOS
136 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 28, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5873-9088-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64712682
La Guerre des mondes: Edition Collector - H. G. Wells
96 pages
French language
Published Oct. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4959-3827-4Copied ISBN!
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- 64686390
La Guerre des mondes ILLUSTREE
234 pages
French language
Published Feb. 1, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4109-4512-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 70519295
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
184 pages
English language
Published Aug. 31, 2016
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2007 by Tor Books.
The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published July 5, 2021
War of the Worlds
- ISBN:
- 978-81-7929-228-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 45175327
La guerra dei mondi
167 pages
English language
Published April 4, 2015
The War of the Worlds
176 pages
English language
Published Feb. 17, 2014
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