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
232 pages
Published June 21, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6558-2959-6Copied ISBN!
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- 54729010
War of the Worlds
251 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1960
The War of the Worlds
169 pages
English language
Published Feb. 8, 2014
La Guerre des mondes illustrée
234 pages
French language
Published Aug. 11, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4547-8722-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 70519291
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published March 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7297-5589-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 60350997
The War of the Worlds Annotated
232 pages
Published July 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6635-4072-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 54410742
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published July 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6635-3969-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 54410725
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
218 pages
Published Sept. 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6851-3650-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 55328372
La Guerra de los Mundos / The War of the Worlds
Published Jan. 1, 2015
- ISBN:
- 978-84-17079-15-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 42442475
The War of the Worlds
210 pages
English language
Published May 17, 2008
La Guerre des mondes
202 pages
Published Oct. 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-6965-8506-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 55917413
War of the Worlds
Published Feb. 15, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-1-312-01716-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 21886731
The War of the Worlds / La Guerre Des Mondes
Published May 9, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-1-365-83435-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 38393650
The War of the Worlds
136 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2006
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