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
238 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9809-3845-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728357
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published April 13, 2010
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- 978-1-61534-208-2Copied ISBN!
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- 8525220
The War of the Worlds
282 pages
English language
Published Dec. 28, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6523-6298-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72226562
The War of the Worlds
304 pages
English language
Published Dec. 18, 2001 by Dover Publications.
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- 978-0-486-41937-4Copied ISBN!
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- 1291831
The War of The Worlds
124 pages
English language
Published Aug. 27, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5009-6387-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728790
The War of the Worlds
297 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019
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- 978-81-212-1762-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728199
The War of the Worlds
196 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2008
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- 978-1-60512-197-0Copied ISBN!
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- 14450665
The War of the Worlds
179 pages
English language
Published April 11, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9877-2852-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728999
The War of the Worlds
184 pages
English language
Published May 29, 2008
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- 978-1-4264-4495-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 787227
The War of The Worlds
108 pages
English language
Published Aug. 29, 2021
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- 978-80-272-7981-4Copied ISBN!
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- 69368635
The War of the Worlds
336 pages
English language
Published June 1, 2005
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- 978-1-4169-0368-0Copied ISBN!
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- 455132
The War of the Worlds
215 pages
English language
Published March 2, 2022
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- 978-87-26-60617-1Copied ISBN!
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- 73653655
The War Of The Worlds
148 pages
English language
Published May 6, 2019
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- 978-93-5336-042-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728637
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
178 pages
English language
Published March 14, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9864-9475-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2015
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- 978-1-5123-4154-6Copied ISBN!
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- 27702662
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