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: By H. G. Wells - Illustrated
178 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5336-3768-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2007 by Tor Books.
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- 978-1-4299-1526-7Copied ISBN!
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- 8495128
The War Of The Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
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- 978-1-905307-14-2Copied ISBN!
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- 1108592
The War of the Worlds
182 pages
English language
Published March 10, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4826-9970-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728963
The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2020
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- 978-1-80060-496-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728227
War of the Worlds
285 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 1974 by Berkley Publishing Group.
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- 978-0-425-02694-6Copied ISBN!
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- 1806454
The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Sept. 29, 2017
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- 978-2-900999-25-7Copied ISBN!
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- 58615322
The War of the Worlds
114 pages
English language
Published May 29, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7204-6897-4Copied ISBN!
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- 65728800
The War of the Worlds
312 pages
English language
Published July 2, 2018 by Gramedia Pustaka Utama.
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- 978-602-03-8662-1Copied ISBN!
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- 44232012
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published May 22, 2016
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- 978-605-04-4354-7Copied ISBN!
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- 73653704
The War of the Worlds
113 pages
English language
Published Sept. 26, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6957-9068-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728585
The War of the Worlds
251 pages
English language
Published June 30, 2005 by New York Review Books.
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- 978-1-59017-158-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 33542
War of the Worlds
216 pages
English language
Published May 7, 2011 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4611-6415-9Copied ISBN!
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- 14377156
The War of the Worlds
336 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2012
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- 978-1-4424-5849-9Copied ISBN!
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- 13545693
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 1993 by Turtleback Books.
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- 978-0-7857-3146-7Copied ISBN!
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- 12892072
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