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
232 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2004
The War of the Worlds
144 pages
English language
Published May 17, 2012
The War of the Worlds
168 pages
English language
Published May 9, 2016
The War of the Worlds
148 pages
English language
Published Oct. 24, 2009
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published March 7, 2015
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
English language
Published April 29, 2016
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
266 pages
Published Sept. 16, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6867-0685-9Copied ISBN!
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- 56729048
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
218 pages
Published Oct. 6, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6942-5284-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 55916057
The War of the Worlds
253 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1967
Der Krieg der Welten
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 2, 2017
The War of the Worlds By Herbert George Wells The Annotated Edition
222 pages
Published April 24, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6399-9003-8Copied ISBN!
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- 53270072
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
294 pages
Published Feb. 14, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6139-3613-7Copied ISBN!
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- 51454831
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published April 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7430-8998-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 57856405
The War of the Worlds
178 pages
Published Jan. 31, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6070-5633-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 51417812
The War of the Worlds
Published March 1, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-1-78196-281-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 37795815
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