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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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 19, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5836-9199-9Copied ISBN!
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Best of Wells: The War of the Worlds: 130 Illustrations
Published Sept. 21, 2020
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- 978-1-953649-16-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 6, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
192 pages
Published Oct. 14, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Sept. 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published June 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5155-8969-1Copied ISBN!
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- 58282273
The War of the Worlds - The Original 1898 Classic
Published Feb. 5, 2022
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- 978-1-954839-41-0Copied ISBN!
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- 61150406
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Nov. 14, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5647-9830-3Copied ISBN!
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- 56005176
The War of the Worlds
120 pages
Published April 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6324-5515-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
184 pages
Published April 13, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6366-1184-4Copied ISBN!
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- 56840609
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Oct. 21, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5508-6949-9Copied ISBN!
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- 55910006
The War of the Worlds
90 pages
Published Sept. 15, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6865-8371-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published July 3, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Oct. 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
120 pages
Published March 22, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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