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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War of the Worlds
334 pages
English language
Published July 12, 2021
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- 978-3-348-05774-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728487
The War of the Worlds
236 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2016
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- 978-1-4924-9007-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: A science fiction novel by H. G. Wells
180 pages
English language
Published Jan. 16, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7307-4629-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
140 pages
English language
Published April 5, 2018
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- 978-3-7326-5026-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
116 pages
English language
Published March 18, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9866-0159-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728629
War Of The Worlds
188 pages
English language
Published July 3, 2013
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- 978-1-304-19643-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728711
The War of the Worlds
162 pages
English language
Published Feb. 3, 2010
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- 978-1-60589-931-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728748
The War of the Worlds
196 pages
English language
Published May 29, 2008 by BiblioBazaar.
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- 978-1-4264-4563-7Copied ISBN!
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- 787219
War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2008
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- 978-1-60514-934-9Copied ISBN!
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- 10285070
The War of the Worlds
262 pages
English language
Published Sept. 5, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6911-6976-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published June 29, 1995 by Oxford University Press.
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- 978-0-19-282826-2Copied ISBN!
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- 2277915
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Sept. 19, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9765-3727-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728988
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Sept. 4, 2007 by Signet Press.
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- 978-0-451-53065-3Copied ISBN!
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- 1230994
The War of the Worlds
216 pages
English language
Published Oct. 25, 2022
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- 978-1-5287-7124-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728641
The War of the Worlds
88 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2011
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- 978-1-61651-100-5Copied ISBN!
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- 9859785
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