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
61 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2010
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- 978-1-56254-953-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
140 pages
English language
Published Jan. 31, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9849-1221-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
164 pages
English language
Published Aug. 9, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7250-0231-9Copied ISBN!
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- 72822805
The War of the Worlds
331 pages
English language
Published Aug. 24, 2018 by Forgotten Books.
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- 978-1-397-84294-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728990
The War of the Worlds
220 pages
English language
Published May 23, 2022
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- 978-3-98756-726-1Copied ISBN!
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- 73653774
The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2017
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- 978-88-264-8843-1Copied ISBN!
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- 73653744
War of the Worlds
149 pages
English language
Published March 1, 2000 by Amereon House.
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- 978-0-89190-424-3Copied ISBN!
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- 6543161
The War of the Worlds
246 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7982-9556-4Copied ISBN!
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- 65728932
The War of the Worlds
140 pages
English language
Published May 9, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5465-7591-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728969
The War of the Worlds
189 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-241-23961-2Copied ISBN!
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- 30182674
The War Of The Worlds
158 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
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- 978-2-87427-215-8Copied ISBN!
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- 2961449
The War of the Worlds
135 pages
English language
Published July 23, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5219-1863-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728626
The War of the Worlds
416 pages
English language
Published Sept. 19, 2008
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- 978-1-4270-6759-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728631
The War of the Worlds
245 pages
English language
Published April 21, 2017 by HarperTeen.
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- 978-1-84749-646-1Copied ISBN!
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- 32710821
The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2020
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- 978-1-80060-491-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728868
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