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 Illustrated
218 pages
Published Dec. 5, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5768-1997-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
232 pages
Published Jan. 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5921-4549-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 18, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5833-8780-9Copied ISBN!
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- 56370487
War of the Worlds, The
Published April 28, 2015
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- 978-1-4915-8596-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published April 10, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 57714640
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Aug. 26, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6790-4165-3Copied ISBN!
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- 56842747
La Guerre des mondes: Edition Collector - H. G. Wells
98 pages
Published April 2, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7321-2289-3Copied ISBN!
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- 57705983
A Guerra dos Mundos
198 pages
Published Feb. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7051-9281-6Copied ISBN!
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- 57077123
The War of the Worlds
184 pages
Published May 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6429-4395-3Copied ISBN!
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- 53396311
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Feb. 26, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6129-2156-1Copied ISBN!
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- 53389214
The War of the Worlds
Published Feb. 20, 2012
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- 978-1-62011-502-2Copied ISBN!
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- 25967610
War of the Worlds
Published March 1, 2006
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- 978-1-905698-17-2Copied ISBN!
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- 43540498
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published July 18, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6672-1171-6Copied ISBN!
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- 54604112
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5891-5270-8Copied ISBN!
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- 56540660
The War of the Worlds
336 pages
Published Nov. 15, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5637-1411-3Copied ISBN!
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- 56000765
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