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
163 pages
English language
Published June 28, 2016
The War of the Worlds
219 pages
English language
Published July 31, 2014
La Guerre des mondes illustree'': French Edition
233 pages
French language
Published Oct. 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-3572-7877-7Copied ISBN!
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- 70781722
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published Jan. 31, 2019 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds
141 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2007 by Townsend Press.
La Guerre des mondes
234 pages
French language
Published May 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-5053-1052-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686417
The War of the Worlds
228 pages
English language
Published Jan. 14, 2013
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
English language
Published May 2, 2016
The War of the Worlds
254 pages
English language
Published by Lancer Books.
The War of the Worlds
202 pages
English language
Published Jan. 12, 2017
La Guerre des Mondes (Roman Illustré) (French Edition)
211 pages
French language
Published Feb. 22, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-4212-3312-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 71156878
The War of the Worlds
181 pages
English language
Published Nov. 19, 2013
The War of the Worlds
212 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1927
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published Sept. 4, 2007 by Signet Press.
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