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 Illustrated
232 pages
Published Oct. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6955-7188-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published May 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6445-8067-5Copied ISBN!
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- 53367653
A guerra dos mundos
196 pages
Published Oct. 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6966-0163-2Copied ISBN!
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- 55917439
The War of the Worlds
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- 978-93-80005-49-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
Published April 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7467-0282-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published April 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6361-0289-2Copied ISBN!
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- 53151347
Krieg der Welten. H. G. Wells
Published Feb. 15, 2019
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- 978-3-96545-009-7Copied ISBN!
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- 45976407
The War of the Worlds
Published Jan. 5, 2017 by Vintage Books.
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- 978-1-4735-4684-4Copied ISBN!
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- 29779266
The War of the Worlds annotated(illustrated Edition)
214 pages
Published Feb. 15, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4174-9912-8Copied ISBN!
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- 60514540
The War of the Worlds: Special Version
132 pages
Published Nov. 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5683-9797-7Copied ISBN!
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- 56009517
The War of the Worlds
Published Aug. 1, 2017
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- 978-93-86101-22-8Copied ISBN!
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- 35873056
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published June 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5155-9012-3Copied ISBN!
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- 58282275
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Dec. 5, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5767-5956-9Copied ISBN!
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- 56193494
The War of the Worlds
Published Nov. 13, 2018
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- 978-1-77226-554-5Copied ISBN!
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- 54344535
The War Of The Worlds
166 pages
Published Dec. 19, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5840-2503-8Copied ISBN!
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- 56374315
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