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 Jan. 1, 2008
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- 978-1-55576-476-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
131 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5818-4022-1Copied ISBN!
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- 68420874
The War of the Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published Aug. 10, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4539-1320-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728566
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5898-6437-3Copied ISBN!
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- 70693475
The War Of The Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
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- 978-1-4209-2268-4Copied ISBN!
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- 1230996
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published May 1, 1983
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- 978-0-89845-227-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11411847
La guerra de los mundos
204 pages
Spanish language
Published May 5, 2005
- ISBN:
- 978-84-08-05922-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 1300118
The War Of Worlds H. G. Wells
227 pages
English language
Published Feb. 16, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6147-7080-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728986
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
219 pages
English language
Published Dec. 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5788-2069-4Copied ISBN!
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- 72649510
La guerra dei mondi
247 pages
Italian language
Published Jan. 26, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-88-347-3277-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 34530322
The War Of The Worlds
142 pages
English language
Published June 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5293-1838-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728503
The War of the Worlds
109 pages
English language
Published Feb. 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4183-5231-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72827332
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Jan. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5962-9138-4Copied ISBN!
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- 70332511
Der Krieg der Welten
256 pages
German language
Published Nov. 10, 2017 by Anaconda Verlag.
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- 978-3-7306-9173-1Copied ISBN!
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- 73490977
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Aug. 1, 2012 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-1-4708-3111-0Copied ISBN!
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- 16201161
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