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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La guerre des mondes
306 pages
French language
Published Aug. 25, 2017 by Éditions Gallimard.
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Dec. 2, 2022
La guerra de los mundos
206 pages
Spanish language
Published Feb. 1, 2008
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published April 2, 2011
La guerra de los mundos
220 pages
Spanish language
Published Sept. 1, 2016 by Penguin Books.
Klodernes kamp
187 pages
Danish language
Published Jan. 1, 1986
La guerra de los mundos
215 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 10, 2014 by e-ArtNow.
The War of the Worlds: Annoted
167 pages
Published Dec. 7, 2018
La guerra de los mundos
168 pages
Spanish language
Published Dec. 4, 2015
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