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.: science fiction novel
116 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7174-2882-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Large Print
276 pages
English language
Published March 28, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
96 pages
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2009 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4499-7933-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
114 pages
English language
Published Sept. 2, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5496-5294-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728701
The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published March 20, 2022
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- 978-1-4583-2961-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728948
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Oct. 19, 2011 by Bantam Press.
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- 978-0-307-80803-5Copied ISBN!
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- 12763007
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Aug. 22, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5495-6224-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728322
The War Of The Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published May 30, 2016
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- 978-605-04-4877-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73653749
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
216 pages
English language
Published Aug. 5, 2022
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- 978-93-5520-463-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728399
The War of the Worlds HG Wells: hardcover book h g wells
172 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898
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- 978-2-38226-135-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of The Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5023-8122-4Copied ISBN!
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- 65728577
The War of the Worlds
154 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
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- 978-1-161-48052-8Copied ISBN!
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- 12259221
The War of the Worlds
227 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 2017
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- 978-88-228-8621-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73653629
The War of the Worlds
180 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2013
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- 978-1-61720-899-7Copied ISBN!
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- 17268067
The War of the Worlds
288 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2006
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- 978-1-4165-2369-7Copied ISBN!
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- 1125507
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