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
172 pages
English language
Published May 4, 2010
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
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Published Jan. 1, 1988
The War of the Worlds
164 pages
English language
Published Sept. 29, 2014
The War of the Worlds
152 pages
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Published June 30, 2014
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
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Published Nov. 21, 2015
The War of the Worlds
178 pages
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Published Nov. 17, 2016
The War of the Worlds
334 pages
English language
Published Nov. 2, 2011
The War of the Worlds
245 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
The War of the Worlds : [illustrated] [Free Audio Links]
306 pages
English language
Published April 13, 2015
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2017 by Vintage Books.
The War of the Worlds
212 pages
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Published Oct. 17, 2016
The War of the Worlds
191 pages
English language
Published July 29, 2017
War of the Worlds
262 pages
Published Feb. 1, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6076-9956-7Copied ISBN!
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- 51422284
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published June 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5149-7091-9Copied ISBN!
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- 58281053
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