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
190 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2019
- ISBN:
- 978-1-78950-086-8Copied ISBN!
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- 48495492
The War of the Worlds
216 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2011
- ISBN:
- 978-1-61949-027-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 14601083
The War of the Worlds. - War College Series
338 pages
English language
Published Feb. 14, 2015
- ISBN:
- 978-1-297-02000-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64520369
The War of the Worlds
220 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2008
- ISBN:
- 978-1-59308-362-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 2893609
The War of the Worlds
186 pages
English language
Published July 18, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4732-1802-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 32941315
The War Of The Worlds
292 pages
English language
Published April 10, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-1-932100-55-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 161882
La guerre des mondes / Le massacre de l'humanité
1140 pages
French language
Published July 1, 2020 by Le Livre de poche.
- ISBN:
- 978-2-253-08374-0Copied ISBN!
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Feb. 11, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-7078-9099-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628414
The War of the Worlds Annotated
230 pages
English language
Published March 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5816-5066-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72828493
La Guerre des mondes de HG Wells - Les 2 livres (Edition de luxe de 1906, illustrée de 130 gravures) (French Edition)
219 pages
French language
Published Feb. 6, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7962-9714-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 71677017
THE WAR OF THE WORLDS:
191 pages
English language
Published April 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-7331-2327-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728174
La guerra dei mondi
185 pages
Italian language
Published Jan. 1, 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-88-425-4405-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11177790
The War of the Worlds - H.G. Wells
English language
Published June 10, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-3-98551-528-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73653645
La guerra de los mundos
200 pages
Spanish language
Published June 16, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-84-414-1640-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 95584
The War of the Worlds
115 pages
English language
Published Sept. 22, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6891-2265-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728440
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