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
199 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-0-7861-2910-2Copied ISBN!
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The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Sept. 9, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9762-0679-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728554
The War of the Worlds: Science Fiction Classic
192 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6981-4201-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728258
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Aug. 2, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9740-9809-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published July 17, 1971 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-000570-7Copied ISBN!
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- 3676694
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Sept. 20, 2018 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-241-38716-0Copied ISBN!
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- 41081411
The War of the Worlds
164 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 1988 by Bantam Press.
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- 978-1-4037-1716-0Copied ISBN!
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- 8492585
War of the Worlds
88 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2011
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- 978-1-60291-834-4Copied ISBN!
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- 16617105
War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1994 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-0-7861-0788-9Copied ISBN!
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- 7154397
The War of the Worlds
189 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 1981
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- 978-0-89966-376-0Copied ISBN!
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- 11412170
The War of the Worlds
154 pages
English language
Published Sept. 10, 2010 by Kessinger Publishing.
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- 978-1-169-26611-7Copied ISBN!
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- 25249706
The War of the Worlds
131 pages
English language
Published Jan. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6575-3426-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728880
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published Oct. 10, 2017 by Oxford University Press.
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- 978-0-19-870264-1Copied ISBN!
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- 34757403
The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published July 29, 2017
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- 978-88-228-0352-8Copied ISBN!
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- 73653738
The War of the Worlds
215 pages
English language
Published Dec. 2, 1986 by Signet Press.
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- 978-0-451-52276-4Copied ISBN!
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- 222373
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