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. 9, 2007 by BBC Audiobooks.
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- 978-1-4056-7972-5Copied ISBN!
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La guerra de los mundos - Lectura Fácil
162 pages
Spanish language
Published April 28, 2022
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- 978-84-123043-9-8Copied ISBN!
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- 64712674
Cogadh na Reann
229 pages
Irish language
Published Jan. 1, 2015
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- 978-1-78201-099-9Copied ISBN!
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- 27249360
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published April 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7387-0571-7Copied ISBN!
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- 72649512
La Guerra de Los Mundos
204 pages
Spanish language
Published July 6, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5351-1317-5Copied ISBN!
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- 31083453
La Guerre des mondes
234 pages
French language
Published Feb. 3, 2022
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- 978-87-28-19132-3Copied ISBN!
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- 73422720
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published Nov. 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4856-7391-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72827475
The War Of The Worlds
English language
Published Oct. 17, 2005
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- 978-1-933652-04-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 1230998
La Guerre des mondes (texte intégral): Un roman de science-fiction écrit par H. G. Wells en 1898 (French Edition)
155 pages
French language
Published Oct. 14, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5499-3265-6Copied ISBN!
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- 64686418
The War of the Worlds
176 pages
English language
Published June 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5204-7707-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728305
Война миров
221 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
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- 978-5-389-12586-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 45894017
The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published April 18, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6385-0179-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728352
Dünyalar Savaşı
219 pages
Turkish language
Published Jan. 1, 2020
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- 978-605-06378-0-9Copied ISBN!
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- 58483099
The War of the Worlds
414 pages
English language
Published Nov. 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5571-3574-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728858
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Nov. 15, 1977 by Berkley Publishing Group.
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- 978-0-425-03801-7Copied ISBN!
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- 13589225
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