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: how are all things made for man?
178 pages
English language
Published Nov. 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
93 pages
English language
Published Jan. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4606-1785-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Oct. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4960-4250-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Penguin Classics
English language
Published Oct. 24, 2019 by Penguin Classics.
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- 978-0-241-42328-8Copied ISBN!
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- 45734989
La guerre des mondes
320 pages
French language
Published June 1, 2005 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-030855-2Copied ISBN!
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- 1875057
La guerra dei mondi
189 pages
Italian language
Published Jan. 1, 2008
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- 978-88-425-2934-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 9827017
La guerra de los mundos
226 pages
Spanish language
Published March 1, 2019
- ISBN:
- 978-987-8304-35-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 61141575
La Guerra de Los Mundos
174 pages
Published Sept. 9, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5375-6239-1Copied ISBN!
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War of the Worlds, The
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2011 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4558-4129-5Copied ISBN!
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- 14587146
The War of The Worlds
165 pages
English language
Published April 12, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7367-7754-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728871
Dünyalar Savaşı
271 pages
Turkish language
Published Jan. 1, 2018 by Alfa Yayınları.
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- 978-605-171-721-0Copied ISBN!
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- 42185570
Războiul Lumilor
240 pages
Romanian language
Published March 29, 2017 by Corint Publishing House.
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- 978-606-793-096-2Copied ISBN!
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- 34736671
The War of The Worlds: Annotated
226 pages
English language
Published Aug. 8, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 72628400
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