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
214 pages
English language
Published April 22, 2005
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- 978-0-9737282-1-7Copied ISBN!
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- 2274014
The War of the Worlds
130 pages
English language
Published April 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5463-7487-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728557
The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2012 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-1-4708-3113-4Copied ISBN!
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- 17354090
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published June 15, 1985 by Berkley Publishing Group.
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- 978-0-425-08624-7Copied ISBN!
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- 11894054
The War of the Worlds
153 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2000
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- 978-1-57646-272-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 12927825
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2013
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- 978-1-4505-2361-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 25526713
The War of the Worlds
190 pages
English language
Published 2018
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- 978-1-78888-460-0Copied ISBN!
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- 43268010
The War of the Worlds
118 pages
English language
Published Dec. 7, 2017
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- 978-3-8496-7308-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728213
The War of the Worlds
116 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5410-6828-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728466
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1987
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- 978-0-938819-10-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11300403
The War of the Worlds
288 pages
English language
Published June 15, 2006 by Pocket Books.
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- 978-1-4165-2498-4Copied ISBN!
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- 7831891
War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published May 23, 1979 by Pan Books.
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- 978-0-330-24332-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 1165123
The War of the Worlds
141 pages
English language
Published May 5, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0969-2664-1Copied ISBN!
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- 72822810
The War of the Worlds
139 pages
English language
Published March 26, 2013
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- 978-1-62558-920-0Copied ISBN!
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- 17723488
The War of the Worlds: A Kaplan SAT Score-Raising Classic
432 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2011
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- 978-1-60978-163-7Copied ISBN!
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- 12550098
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