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
280 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1998
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- 978-1-58118-029-9Copied ISBN!
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- 15427120
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2017
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- 978-1-5420-4945-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
332 pages
English language
Published April 24, 2018 by Forgotten Books.
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- 978-1-331-30845-4Copied ISBN!
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- 26286533
The War of the Worlds
212 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1999
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- 978-1-930128-00-2Copied ISBN!
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- 15557057
The War of the Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published March 21, 2016
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- 978-88-925-7774-9Copied ISBN!
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- 73653694
The War of the Worlds
156 pages
English language
Published June 17, 2004 by Kessinger Publishing.
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- 978-1-4191-8725-4Copied ISBN!
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- 2527985
The War of the Worlds
132 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2020
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- 978-1-80060-492-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728609
The War of The Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5023-8158-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728780
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Oct. 7, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9780-3452-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728699
The War Of The Worlds
216 pages
English language
Published May 31, 2007 by Townsend Press.
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- 978-1-59194-075-3Copied ISBN!
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- 3077130
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Sept. 8, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9761-7946-4Copied ISBN!
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- 65728473
The War of the Worlds
285 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1974
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- 978-0-590-10112-7Copied ISBN!
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- 425065
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published Dec. 8, 2014
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- 978-1-5054-2075-3Copied ISBN!
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- 23963678
The War of the Worlds: By H. G. Wells - Illustrated
328 pages
English language
Published March 22, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5208-2848-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728448
The War of the Worlds
182 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1968
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- 978-0-435-12005-4Copied ISBN!
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- 1261044
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