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
128 pages
Published Jan. 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6017-1379-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
Published March 13, 2013
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- 978-1-105-55939-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published May 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7483-1373-5Copied ISBN!
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- 60353300
La Guerre Des Mondes: Introduction Sur L'
280 pages
Published Aug. 27, 2018
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- 979-10-976023-3-8Copied ISBN!
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- 43343671
The War of the Worlds
Published March 3, 2017
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- 978-1-5207-4957-0Copied ISBN!
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- 55965103
War of the Worlds
124 pages
Published April 10, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7361-3803-6Copied ISBN!
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- 57714556
The War of the Worlds
Published Feb. 10, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5430-3408-0Copied ISBN!
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- 34260797
The War of the Worlds
120 pages
Published Feb. 6, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
218 pages
Published Feb. 8, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
218 pages
Published Dec. 30, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
108 pages
Published Dec. 25, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
232 pages
Published July 25, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds illustrated
216 pages
Published Aug. 7, 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 Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 24, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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