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
206 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1975
The War of the Worlds
Published April 27, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5463-2300-6Copied ISBN!
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- 35030086
The War of the Worlds
198 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2014
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Aug. 25, 2010
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Oct. 19, 2011 by Bantam Press.
The War of the Worlds
291 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898
The War of the Worlds
241 pages
English language
Published Jan. 12, 2017 by William Collins.
The War of the Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published June 19, 2016
The War of the Worlds
218 pages
English language
Published Jan. 16, 2017
La guerra de los mundos
173 pages
Spanish language
Published March 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7269-1991-1Copied ISBN!
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- 71937262
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Jan. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5909-0220-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 56725118
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
Published April 19, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7110-0334-2Copied ISBN!
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- 60273718
The War of the Worlds Annotated
214 pages
Published Jan. 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5986-8997-4Copied ISBN!
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- 56811642
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published June 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6551-8258-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 54212136
The War of the Worlds
249 pages
English language
Published March 26, 2013
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