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[Illustrated]
167 pages
English language
Published March 20, 2012
The War of the Worlds By H. G. WELLS The Annotated Classic Edition
256 pages
Published July 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6650-3898-8Copied ISBN!
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- 54730150
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Sept. 8, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6839-9492-1Copied ISBN!
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- 56728743
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2012 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2015
The War of the Worlds Annotated
232 pages
Published Feb. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7051-4722-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 57076816
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Oct. 24, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5529-0113-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 55807494
The War of the Worlds - with the original illustrations (H. G. Wells) (Literary Thoughts Edition)
267 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2016 by epubli.
The War of the Worlds: The Original Classics - Illustrated
236 pages
English language
Published April 14, 2016
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published March 1, 1953
The War of the Worlds
145 pages
English language
Published Jan. 10, 2017
The War of the Worlds
190 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2002 by Modern Library.
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2003
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published Aug. 12, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8461-9135-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686387
War of the Worlds
200 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 2015
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