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
English language
Published Dec. 20, 2010
La guerra dei mondi
214 pages
Italian language
Published Feb. 1, 2018
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published April 11, 2019 by Audible Studios.
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Blackstone Publishing.
La Guerra de Los Mundos
203 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1984
A Guerra dos Mundos
240 pages
Portuguese language
Published May 27, 2016
Vojna svetov
185 pages
Slovene language
Published Jan. 1, 1990
A Guerra dos Mundos
188 pages
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Dec. 13, 2020
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
A Guerra dos Mundos
212 pages
Portuguese language
Published Dec. 1, 2017
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