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: H.G. Wells "The War of the Worlds" (Français) (French Edition)
189 pages
French language
Published May 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-5051-7665-8Copied ISBN!
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- 71158441
The War of the Worlds
258 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1980
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
249 pages
English language
Published Jan. 25, 2016
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Feb. 27, 2015
The War of the Worlds
188 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1964
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published April 11, 2016
The War of the Worlds
287 pages
English language
Published Aug. 16, 2005
The War of the Worlds: Audio CD
Published July 27, 2006
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4240-0608-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 23017567
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published Nov. 29, 2007 by Penguin Books.
The War of the World
163 pages
English language
Published March 5, 2016
La Guerre des mondes illustre
234 pages
French language
Published April 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-7468-4146-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686419
The War of The Worlds
198 pages
English language
Published Oct. 27, 2015
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Oct. 27, 2015 by Diversion Books.
The War of the Worlds
254 pages
English language
Published June 19, 2016
The War Of The Worlds
216 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 2015
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