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 …
Description
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.
External links
OpenLibraryIdentifiers
- LibraryThing key:
- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
Editions of The War of the Worlds
Filters
The War of the Worlds
152 pages
English language
Published Sept. 2, 2020
- ISBN:
- 978-93-90354-65-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728369
The War of The Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5023-8089-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728294
The War of the Worlds
148 pages
English language
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5075-2500-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 24873138
The War of the Worlds
222 pages
English language
Published Aug. 16, 2012 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4791-3013-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 31949183
The War of the Worlds:
159 pages
English language
Published Sept. 15, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5497-5506-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628267
The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7531-3444-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11915201
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Sept. 6, 2007
- ISBN:
- 978-1-60424-055-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 15078389
The War of the Worlds
148 pages
English language
Published May 31, 2008
- ISBN:
- 978-0-9809210-1-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 3804295
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published June 10, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4444-7369-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72827329
The War of the Worlds
196 pages
English language
Published Aug. 18, 2008
- ISBN:
- 978-0-554-23501-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 6058743
The War of the Worlds
80 pages
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-1-64032-076-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 38893933
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published Dec. 27, 2018 by William Collins.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-00-832602-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 43308986
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Sept. 2, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-9759-2269-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728393
The War of The Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 17, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5023-8111-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728205
The War of the Worlds
124 pages
English language
Published Jan. 10, 2006
- ISBN:
- 978-1-84637-513-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 14462242
Can't find the edition you're looking for?