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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H.G. Wells - The War of the Worlds: If We Don't End War, War Will End Us.
Published Feb. 6, 2017
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- 978-1-78543-540-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds ILLUSTRATED
218 pages
Published Nov. 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5605-2647-4Copied ISBN!
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- 55865775
War of the Worlds Illustrated
214 pages
Published Jan. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5978-2594-6Copied ISBN!
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- 60271476
The War of the Worlds The New Annotated Version
222 pages
Published April 10, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6359-0154-0Copied ISBN!
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- 53150505
La guerre des mondes
Published by Mercure de France.
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- 978-2-7152-0158-3Copied ISBN!
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- 43363232
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published March 26, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7289-0321-5Copied ISBN!
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- 60350862
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 6, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5773-5835-8Copied ISBN!
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- 56717306
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Sept. 5, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6831-4943-7Copied ISBN!
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- 55913943
La Guerre des mondes illustree
234 pages
Published Nov. 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5604-7070-8Copied ISBN!
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- 55865502
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Feb. 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7142-4253-3Copied ISBN!
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- 57244004
The War of the Worlds
110 pages
Published Feb. 28, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6051-1389-8Copied ISBN!
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- 51981526
The War of the Worlds
Published Feb. 8, 2018 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-5436-7372-2Copied ISBN!
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- 41888888
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 26, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5867-7157-5Copied ISBN!
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- 56457371
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published April 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 57856488
The War of the Worlds "Annotated"
186 pages
Published Sept. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6843-6623-9Copied ISBN!
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- 55797773
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