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
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War Of The Worlds
176 pages
English language
Published June 15, 2005
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The War of the Worlds
108 pages
English language
Published May 25, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published July 1, 2008 by Signet Press.
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The War of the Worlds
160 pages
English language
Published Dec. 28, 2012
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- 978-1-61640-785-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
64 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2009
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- 978-1-60754-165-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
64 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2010
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- 978-1-60291-175-8Copied ISBN!
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- 16616766
The War Of The Worlds
61 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1984
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- 978-0-88301-723-4Copied ISBN!
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- 7765441
The War of the Worlds
308 pages
English language
Published Aug. 11, 2008
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- 978-1-4395-4152-4Copied ISBN!
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- 19894430
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1987
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- 978-1-55902-784-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
321 pages
English language
Published April 28, 2001 by McFarland & Company.
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- 978-0-7864-0780-4Copied ISBN!
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- 29965
The War of the Worlds
198 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2008
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- 978-1-927970-96-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
190 pages
English language
Published Sept. 15, 2019
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- 978-1-78950-395-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published Jan. 23, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
194 pages
English language
Published Feb. 22, 2007 by BiblioBazaar.
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