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
English language
Published Aug. 21, 2011
Wojna światów
258 pages
Polish language
Published Jan. 1, 1974
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published June 12, 2012 by Atria Books.
Der Krieg der Welten
256 pages
German language
Published Nov. 10, 2017 by Anaconda Verlag.
La Guerre des mondes
243 pages
French language
Published Jan. 1, 1962
মঙ্গল থেকে অমঙ্গল
226 pages
Bangla language
Published Jan. 1, 1988
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published July 13, 2012
Wojna światów
144 pages
Polish language
Published Jan. 1, 1987
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Oct. 15, 2003 by ibooks.
A Guerra dos Mundos
194 pages
Portuguese language
Published April 28, 2020
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