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
Published Jan. 14, 2013
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- 978-1-105-84359-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published July 6, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6641-4984-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
Published Feb. 2, 2021
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- 978-1-63108-633-5Copied 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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- 979-8-6324-5517-6Copied ISBN!
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The War Of The Worlds
166 pages
Published Dec. 19, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5840-3056-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Sept. 5, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6829-3976-3Copied ISBN!
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- 55269193
The War of the Worlds
Published April 16, 2017
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- 978-1-5454-2342-4Copied ISBN!
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- 53537647
The War of the Worlds Annotated
220 pages
Published Feb. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7051-0166-5Copied ISBN!
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- 57076524
Guerra Dei Mondi
196 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5894-0403-6Copied ISBN!
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- 56542004
The War of the Worlds: with original illustrations
198 pages
Published April 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7389-4123-8Copied ISBN!
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- 57782529
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Jan. 2, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
220 pages
Published May 16, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6462-7307-0Copied ISBN!
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- 53433582
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
232 pages
Published Nov. 27, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5729-3575-2Copied ISBN!
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- 56093346
War of the Worlds
Published Jan. 1, 2007
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- 978-1-4242-1034-3Copied ISBN!
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- 56244520
La Guerre des mondes illustr�e: Les classiques de la fantaisie
234 pages
Published April 2, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7322-3716-0Copied ISBN!
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