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 "Annotated"
186 pages
Published Sept. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6843-6611-6Copied ISBN!
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- 55797770
The War of the Worlds Annotated Book With Teacher Edition
188 pages
Published Nov. 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5604-0531-1Copied ISBN!
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- 55865220
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1988 by Tor Books.
The Call of the Wild
288 pages
English language
Published Sept. 12, 2004 by Simon & Schuster.
The War of the Worlds -
206 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 2014 by Flying Fish Press.
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Aug. 15, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6755-1469-4Copied ISBN!
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- 54991277
The War of the Worlds
190 pages
English language
Published July 19, 2014
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
The War of the Worlds
215 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1986 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Dec. 7, 2011
War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Jan. 22, 2011
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
The War Of The Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published April 29, 2015
The War of the Worlds
Published Oct. 20, 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-1-304-48894-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 21885422
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