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
228 pages
Published April 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
132 pages
Published Jan. 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
Published Sept. 21, 2017
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- 978-1-9765-9301-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
120 pages
Published April 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published July 13, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6658-2820-6Copied ISBN!
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- 55912956
War of the Worlds
Published Jan. 1, 1970 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-0-7861-3603-2Copied ISBN!
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La Guerre des mondes illustree
234 pages
Published Dec. 8, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
118 pages
Published April 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds illustrated
122 pages
Published Nov. 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5671-1310-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
194 pages
Published Jan. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5960-7406-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published Oct. 22, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 10, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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War of the Worlds
Published July 9, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5487-6722-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Original Text
120 pages
Published March 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds / H. G. Wells / World Literature Classics / Illustrated with doodles
96 pages
Published Feb. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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