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
214 pages
English language
Published Aug. 11, 2014
The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1964
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Jan. 11, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5936-8665-7Copied ISBN!
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- 56835874
The War of the Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published April 3, 2016
The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published April 2, 2015
La Guerre des mondes
French language
Published April 2, 2018
- ISBN:
- 978-88-275-9966-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73422727
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published Jan. 25, 2013
La guerra de los mundos
148 pages
English language
Published Aug. 2, 2011
La guerra de los mundos
173 pages
English language
Published Jan. 19, 2014 by e-ArtNow.
The War Of The Worlds
143 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1988
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1993 by Tor Books.
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2012
La Guerre des mondes: introduction sur l'émission radio de Orson Welles
195 pages
French language
Published Aug. 22, 2018
- ISBN:
- 979-10-976023-2-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73422731
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
218 pages
Published Sept. 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6854-7712-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 55330124
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