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 Sept. 27, 2015
La guerre des mondes
252 pages
French language
Published March 28, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6315-7320-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686394
The War of the Worlds - New Century Edition with DirectLink Technology
143 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2010
The War of the Worlds
206 pages
English language
Published June 22, 2014 by Flying Fish Press.
The War of the Worlds
284 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1965
The War of the Worlds
223 pages
English language
Published Aug. 3, 2017 by Oxford University Press.
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
54 pages
Published Oct. 23, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5523-4245-7Copied ISBN!
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- 55805269
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Sept. 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6852-8931-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 55329097
War of The Worlds
Published by Om Books International.
- ISBN:
- 978-93-80070-90-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 30061252
La guerra dei mondi
Published May 8, 2015
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- 978-1-310-25348-5Copied ISBN!
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- 27779660
La Guerre Des Mondes
206 pages
French language
Published Oct. 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6966-5084-5Copied ISBN!
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- 64686405
The War of the Worlds Annotated
232 pages
Published Dec. 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5805-3856-3Copied ISBN!
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- 56290095
The War of the Worlds
188 pages
English language
Published by Penguin Books.
The War of the Worlds
251 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1960
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