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
180 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
The War of the Worlds
250 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
The War of the Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published July 28, 2010
La guerre des mondes
151 pages
French language
Published May 19, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8298-6787-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686408
AGS ILLUSTRATED CLASSICS COLLECTION 2 READ-ALONG CASSETTES
Published Jan. 1, 1994
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7854-1183-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 68603666
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
The War of the Worlds
Published Aug. 30, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4677-5779-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 23324028
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1959 by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds: The Original Illustrated 1898 Edition
Published Sept. 10, 2020
- ISBN:
- 978-1-64594-091-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 56349547
The War of the Worlds: one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race
Published Aug. 25, 2020
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- 978-2-491251-66-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 61949803
The War of the Worlds
119 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2016
The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2017
The War of the Worlds
182 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1976
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2007 by Tor Books.
The War of the Worlds
170 pages
English language
Published Sept. 30, 2008
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