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
220 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2011 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds
197 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 1986 by New American Library.
The War of the Worlds
178 pages
English language
Published May 3, 2016
The War Of The Worlds
163 pages
English language
Published Feb. 4, 2016
The War of the Worlds (Illustrated) (Annotated)
194 pages
English language
Published Dec. 22, 2013
The War of the Worlds
282 pages
English language
Published Oct. 5, 2012 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
La Guerre des mondes
232 pages
French language
Published Oct. 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3603-2735-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686404
The War of the Worlds
193 pages
English language
Published April 15, 2014
The War of the Worlds
162 pages
Published April 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7355-5884-2Copied ISBN!
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- 57711682
The War of the Worlds
258 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1980
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
132 pages
Published Dec. 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5799-8330-5Copied ISBN!
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- 56286280
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published May 22, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6479-6994-1Copied ISBN!
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- 53478151
Krieg Der Welten
208 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5893-7468-1Copied ISBN!
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- 56541844
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
54 pages
Published Oct. 23, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5523-4239-6Copied ISBN!
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- 55805268
The War of the Worlds
122 pages
Published Feb. 28, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6152-6068-1Copied ISBN!
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- 59403188
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