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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Dünyalar Savaşı
296 pages
Turkish language
Published Dec. 2, 2017
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2017 by Nova Fronteira.
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published April 13, 2009
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published June 18, 2015
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2015
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published by Heinemann.
Война на световете
267 pages
Bulgarian language
Published Jan. 1, 2002
สงครามระหว่างโลก
165 pages
Thai language
Published Sept. 1, 1980
Războiul lumilor
264 pages
Romanian language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Leda.
La Guerra de los Mundos
215 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1981
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