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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Война миров
400 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by AST.
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- 978-5-17-032373-9Copied ISBN!
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- 11257366
The War of the Worlds
181 pages
English language
Published July 25, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6694-2272-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728355
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1992
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- 978-3-464-10660-0Copied ISBN!
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- 72827317
A Guerra dos Mundos
186 pages
Portuguese language
Published March 1, 2002
- ISBN:
- 978-972-568-453-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 6617853
A Guerra dos Mundos
240 pages
Portuguese language
Published March 1, 2017 by Relógio D'Água.
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- 978-989-641-532-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 34670543
A Guerra dos Mundos
208 pages
Portuguese language
Published May 15, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-65-5552-287-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 57972331
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2021
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- 978-625-7289-34-4Copied ISBN!
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- 65728946
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Jan. 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5952-1919-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728798
War of the Worlds Audio
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2011
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- 978-1-61247-526-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 16618948
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7445-2937-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728866
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published Dec. 21, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5846-4375-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 70332636
La Guerre des Mondes
192 pages
French language
Published March 4, 2016
- ISBN:
- 978-88-925-6199-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73422735
La guerra de los mundos
192 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2016
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- 978-987-718-353-5Copied ISBN!
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- 39005432
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 7, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5917-9161-2Copied ISBN!
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- 70332644
Voyna mirov. G. Uells
240 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
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- 978-5-9639-0030-7Copied ISBN!
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- 71611006
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