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 Jan. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5960-7234-1Copied ISBN!
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- 56746841
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published June 12, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5196-7945-9Copied ISBN!
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- 58339394
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Oct. 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5502-1669-9Copied ISBN!
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- 55792505
The War of the Worlds
288 pages
English language
Published June 15, 2006 by Pocket Books.
War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Oct. 18, 2015
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
236 pages
English language
Published April 6, 2016
La Guerra de los Mundos
201 pages
English language
Published March 26, 2009
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1976
The War of the Worlds
310 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898 by Bernhard Tauchnitz.
The War of the Worlds (星际战争) (免费公版书)
208 pages
English language
Published May 17, 2012
War of The Worlds
178 pages
English language
Published Oct. 2, 2013
The War of the Worlds
124 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2015
The War of the Worlds
120 pages
English language
Published Oct. 19, 2011 by Bantam Press.
La guerra de los mundos
Spanish language
Published Sept. 23, 2019
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- 978-84-120783-7-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 58758686
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