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
214 pages
Published Sept. 1, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published April 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
120 pages
Published Nov. 13, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
280 pages
Published Jan. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Jan. 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
Published Feb. 2, 2021
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Illustrated The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
208 pages
Published Nov. 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
214 pages
Published Feb. 23, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
204 pages
Published Dec. 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds "Annotated"
186 pages
Published Oct. 16, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5776-6738-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
Published Aug. 11, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9744-5746-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published Nov. 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
110 pages
Published June 13, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6536-1931-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published April 25, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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