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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La guerra de los mundos
301 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2006 by Editorial Castalia.
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- 978-84-9740-182-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds, with eBook
English language
Published July 9, 2009 by Tantor Media.
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- 978-1-4001-4284-2Copied ISBN!
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War of the Worlds, The
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2011 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4558-4127-1Copied ISBN!
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- 14587139
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published May 18, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5061-8870-4Copied ISBN!
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- 70332809
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published May 1, 1979
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- 978-0-307-61626-5Copied ISBN!
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- 15294306
War of the Worlds, The
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2011 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4558-4128-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
131 pages
English language
Published Dec. 29, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5880-0556-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728505
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published April 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7378-0043-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728363
The War of the Worlds illustrated
184 pages
English language
Published May 22, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8313-1608-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
93 pages
English language
Published Jan. 24, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5995-3544-7Copied ISBN!
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- 68420848
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published March 31, 2016
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- 978-88-925-8670-3Copied ISBN!
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- 73653643
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
93 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5900-5695-8Copied ISBN!
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- 68420866
La guerra de los mundos
200 pages
Spanish language
Published March 1, 2013
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- 978-607-14-1117-4Copied ISBN!
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- 18306641
حرب العوالم
272 pages
Arabic language
Published May 1, 2021
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- 978-977-765-297-1Copied ISBN!
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- 58212817
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