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
96 pages
French language
Published Sept. 2, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8495-4755-8Copied ISBN!
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- 64686400
The War of the Worlds: The Original Classics - Illustrated
236 pages
English language
Published March 4, 2016
Guerre des Mondes
252 pages
French language
Published Jan. 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7022-5228-5Copied ISBN!
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- 64686392
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2015
The War of the Worlds
142 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2004
The War of the Worlds
256 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2015
La Guerre des mondes
232 pages
French language
Published Sept. 24, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4834-6964-3Copied ISBN!
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- 68157746
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1985 by Macmillan Publishers.
La guerre des mondes
129 pages
French language
Published July 8, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6643-7428-5Copied ISBN!
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- 64686412
The War of the Worlds
210 pages
English language
Published July 17, 2017
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2012 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds: By H. G. Wells - Illustrated
237 pages
English language
Published Feb. 7, 2016
The War of the Worlds
140 pages
English language
Published March 15, 2016
The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2018
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