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
162 pages
English language
Published Feb. 3, 2010 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4505-3582-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
285 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2003 by Scholastic Corporation.
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- 978-0-439-51849-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of The Worlds: By H. G. Wells - Illustrated
178 pages
English language
Published Dec. 17, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9757-3564-7Copied ISBN!
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War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 1988 by Turtleback Books.
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- 978-0-8335-2631-1Copied ISBN!
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- 15382540
The War of the Worlds (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (A to Z Classics)
178 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2017
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- 978-88-275-0863-3Copied ISBN!
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- 74763573
The War of the Worlds
188 pages
English language
Published June 17, 2011 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4611-4978-1Copied ISBN!
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- 12497470
War of the Worlds
220 pages
English language
Published Dec. 23, 2011
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- 978-1-908775-43-6Copied ISBN!
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- 14577439
The War of the Worlds
193 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-102418-9Copied ISBN!
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- 797032
The War of the Worlds
432 pages
English language
Published May 3, 2011
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- 978-1-60714-896-8Copied ISBN!
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- 9449756
The War of the Worlds
152 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2013
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- 978-1-60796-557-2Copied ISBN!
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- 17818486
The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published June 9, 2002
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- 978-1-58081-694-6Copied ISBN!
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- 28962468
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Feb. 9, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5430-1557-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728824
The War of the Worlds: English-French Parallel Text Edition
346 pages
English language
Published Oct. 3, 2011 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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- 978-1-105-10976-8Copied ISBN!
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- 13123297
The War Of The Worlds
90 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 1972 by Oxford University Press.
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- 978-0-19-638234-0Copied ISBN!
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- 1231006
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published July 7, 2013 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-4905-8112-5Copied ISBN!
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