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
240 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019 by Penguin Books.
La Guerra de los Mundos
136 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 30, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-5740-9677-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 71937268
Война на световете
Bulgarian language
Published Feb. 16, 2022 by Storytel.
- ISBN:
- 978-91-8029-467-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 60678855
The War of the Worlds
152 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2010
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published Oct. 14, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-3580-5599-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686399
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1956 by Penguin Books.
The War Of The Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Sept. 3, 2013
The War of the Worlds: If we don't end war, war will end us.
242 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 2016
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2007
The War of The Worlds
160 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1964
La Guerra de los Mundos
137 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 30, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-5741-7087-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64712678
The War of the Worlds
190 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2021
The War of the Worlds
229 pages
English language
Published March 13, 2013
The War of the Worlds
253 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1967 by Lancer Books.
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