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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- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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Korean language
Published June 10, 2005
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- 978-89-8273-897-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds - Full Version (Annotated) (Literary Classics Collection)
250 pages
English language
Published Dec. 6, 2011
La Guerre des mondes
233 pages
French language
Published April 21, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8073-9369-2Copied ISBN!
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- 68157745
The war of the worlds
164 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 1988 by Bantam Books.
The War of the Worlds
165 pages
English language
Published Nov. 27, 2016
The War Of The Worlds:
180 pages
English language
Published July 17, 2016
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136 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2006
Der Krieg der Welten
314 pages
English language
Published Jan. 13, 2017 by dtv Verlagsgesellschaft.
The War of the Worlds: Annotated
222 pages
Published March 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7213-4874-7Copied ISBN!
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- 57419431
The War of the Worlds: Original Text
110 pages
Published Feb. 28, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6051-1356-0Copied ISBN!
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- 51981521
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published Oct. 17, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6989-2667-2Copied ISBN!
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- 55735056
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Feb. 6, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7055-3649-8Copied ISBN!
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- 57080187
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Oct. 3, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6932-1643-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published June 18, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6550-9216-7Copied ISBN!
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- 54728717
The War Of The Worlds
Published Jan. 1, 2020
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- 978-605-9919-36-4Copied ISBN!
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- 54633835
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