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, 2005
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- 978-1-933299-57-0Copied ISBN!
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- 11878955
Världarnas Krig
221 pages
Swedish language
Published March 23, 2018
- ISBN:
- 978-91-88275-04-2Copied ISBN!
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- 39722450
War of the Worlds
198 pages
English language
Published Aug. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4506-1581-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728494
La guerre des mondes
256 pages
French language
Published Oct. 1, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-2-258-14625-9Copied ISBN!
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- 36992307
La Guerra de los Mundos
255 pages
Spanish language
Published March 1, 2022
- ISBN:
- 978-84-1393-516-4Copied ISBN!
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- 60707594
The War of the Worlds
186 pages
English language
Published Jan. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7006-6928-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728796
War of the Worlds
English language
Published July 1, 1977
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- 978-0-8124-1690-9Copied ISBN!
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- 33893563
The War of the Worlds
320 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2010
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- 978-5-9925-0490-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 55084468
Voina mirov
608 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-5-699-98219-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 68846738
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published June 1, 2016 by epubli.
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- 978-3-7418-1609-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 30334908
War of the Worlds: An Original Unabridged Recording
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2006
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- 978-1-933299-21-1Copied ISBN!
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- 15029444
La Guerra de Los Mundos
174 pages
Spanish language
Published July 22, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5354-2420-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 31241822
The War of the Worlds: Large Print
119 pages
English language
Published June 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6505-3614-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728402
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published July 1, 2009
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- 978-1-4001-8284-8Copied ISBN!
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- 39084695
Vojna mirov
256 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2020
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- 978-5-6044158-3-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72115665
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