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 Sept. 1, 2012
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- 978-1-61570-562-7Copied ISBN!
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- 17018742
La guerra dei mondi
223 pages
Italian language
Published June 21, 2018 by Newton Compton.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-227-1971-3Copied ISBN!
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- 52366032
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Jan. 18, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5966-0980-6Copied ISBN!
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- 70332714
The War of the Worlds
332 pages
English language
Published April 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7427-2607-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728229
The War of the Worlds: Original Text
119 pages
English language
Published June 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6505-3616-1Copied ISBN!
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- 72469572
Dünyalar Savaşı
264 pages
Turkish language
Published Aug. 20, 2019
- ISBN:
- 978-605-295-888-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 52712061
The War of the Worlds Annotated
230 pages
English language
Published Oct. 14, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6975-6900-9Copied ISBN!
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- 72628299
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
131 pages
English language
Published Jan. 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7009-7829-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728485
The War of the Worlds
114 pages
English language
Published Oct. 13, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6975-1121-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728703
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Sept. 15, 2011
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- 978-1-937028-99-2Copied ISBN!
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- 68387063
Válka světů
252 pages
Czech language
Published April 18, 2017 by Triton.
- ISBN:
- 978-80-7553-222-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 34963791
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published Jan. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5976-7605-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728810
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Jan. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5962-7897-2Copied ISBN!
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- 70332687
La guerre des mondes
187 pages
French language
Published March 28, 2018 by Hachette Jeunesse.
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- 978-2-01-626560-4Copied ISBN!
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- 64686410
Krieg der Welten
288 pages
German language
Published Jan. 4, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-3-86820-365-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 42764054
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