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
204 pages
Published Feb. 28, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6171-8195-3Copied 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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- 979-8-5840-1960-0Copied ISBN!
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- 56374297
The War of the Worlds Annotated And Illustrated Book
188 pages
Published Sept. 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
218 pages
Published April 11, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7362-2065-6Copied ISBN!
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- 57715063
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
160 pages
Published April 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7324-3579-5Copied ISBN!
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- 57708071
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published Dec. 8, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5783-0416-3Copied ISBN!
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- 56718791
The War of the Worlds: Student Edition and Annotation Workbook
Published Sept. 11, 2019
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- 978-1-6925-7481-9Copied ISBN!
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- 56601900
The War of the Worlds Annotated
218 pages
Published May 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5047-1093-8Copied ISBN!
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- 58075220
The War of the Worlds
218 pages
Published Dec. 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5765-9934-9Copied ISBN!
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- 56192490
The War of the Worlds
Published Jan. 1, 1998
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- 978-0-7408-5010-3Copied ISBN!
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- 32336905
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published March 11, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6235-4023-2Copied ISBN!
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- 54721832
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
232 pages
Published Sept. 18, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6874-6765-0Copied ISBN!
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- 55415532
A Guerra dos Mundos
200 pages
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2020
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published 1927 by Experimenter Publishing.
La Guerre des mondes
169 pages
French language
Published Dec. 22, 2015
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