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
136 pages
Published April 10, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published May 10, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6446-0822-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
242 pages
Published March 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
94 pages
Published Jan. 8, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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La Guerra de Los Mundos
Published Feb. 9, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5429-9794-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Feb. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Jan. 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published May 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds.: novel
112 pages
Published Aug. 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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La Guerra de Los Mundos
Published April 10, 2018
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- 978-1-9786-1480-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Aug. 18, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Jan. 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
88 pages
Published June 18, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
220 pages
Published Aug. 8, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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