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
219 pages
Dutch language
Published Jan. 1, 2015 by Prometheus.
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- 978-90-446-2995-8Copied ISBN!
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La Guerra De Los Mundos
159 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2015
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- 978-607-7666-48-6Copied ISBN!
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- 53453890
La guerra de los mundos
174 pages
Spanish language
Published Aug. 30, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9746-2336-5Copied ISBN!
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- 64712668
Dünyalar Savaşı
256 pages
Turkish language
Published Jan. 1, 2020
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- 978-625-7966-49-8Copied ISBN!
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- 54755411
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Dec. 26, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7909-5653-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728965
La guerra dei mondi (Classici della letteratura e narrativa contemporanea) (Italian Edition)
229 pages
Italian language
Published April 7, 2020
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- 978-88-6997-348-2Copied ISBN!
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- 74358237
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published March 4, 2019 by Dreamscape Media.
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- 978-1-9749-2571-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728884
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Aug. 1, 2012 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-1-4708-3105-9Copied ISBN!
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- 16201160
The War of the Worlds
149 pages
English language
Published March 31, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6323-9515-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728741
Dünyaların Savaşı
228 pages
Turkish language
Published Jan. 1, 2013 by İthaki.
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- 978-605-375-282-0Copied ISBN!
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- 22596284
The War of the Worlds
227 pages
English language
Published June 10, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5175-6318-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728778
La guerra dei mondi
214 pages
Italian language
Published Jan. 8, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5423-8600-5Copied ISBN!
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- 33942029
The War of the Worlds
134 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7437-7194-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65729008
Der Krieg der Welten (Classics To Go) (German Edition)
286 pages
German language
Published Jan. 6, 2021
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- 978-3-96865-570-3Copied ISBN!
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- 73888211
The War Of The Worlds
English language
Published Sept. 1, 1988 by Pocket Books.
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- 978-0-671-67304-8Copied ISBN!
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- 1806411
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