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
90 pages
Published Sept. 15, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6865-8411-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
Published Feb. 22, 2009
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- 978-1-4341-0229-4Copied ISBN!
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- 32439008
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published April 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6358-0437-7Copied ISBN!
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- 53150283
The War of the Worlds "Annotated"
186 pages
Published Sept. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6843-6613-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Aug. 15, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6756-6364-4Copied ISBN!
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- 54992465
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
54 pages
Published Oct. 23, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5523-4250-1Copied ISBN!
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- 55805271
Krieg der Welten
208 pages
Published Oct. 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6965-7013-6Copied ISBN!
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- 55917401
The War of the Worlds
Published Dec. 4, 2014
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- 978-1-60646-498-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 54643806
La Guerra De Los Mundo
Published Jan. 1, 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-607-720-025-3Copied ISBN!
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- 54379887
The War of the Worlds
Published May 1, 2014 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-1-4815-0035-7Copied ISBN!
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- 32470350
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published Jan. 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5925-9126-6Copied ISBN!
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- 56739289
La Guerre Des Mondes
202 pages
French language
Published Jan. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5893-8770-4Copied ISBN!
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- 56541902
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published July 24, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6689-5038-6Copied ISBN!
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- 54732362
The War of the Worlds
Published Oct. 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9791-2721-9Copied ISBN!
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- 36791988
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
132 pages
Published Dec. 30, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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