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
232 pages
English language
Published Feb. 11, 2004
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- 978-1-59308-085-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
228 pages
English language
Published Feb. 21, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9856-9784-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published March 12, 2002 by Modern Library.
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- 978-0-375-75923-9Copied ISBN!
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- 8909
The War of the Worlds
268 pages
English language
Published March 17, 2003
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- 978-1-55111-353-1Copied ISBN!
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- 1230997
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1988
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- 978-0-441-87311-1Copied ISBN!
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- 11897502
The War of the Worlds
168 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 2008
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- 978-1-59594-802-1Copied ISBN!
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- 14490287
The War of the Worlds : FreedomRead Classic Book
68 pages
English language
Published Sept. 30, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9777-9612-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728297
The War of the Worlds
194 pages
English language
Published Nov. 1, 1988 by Bantam Press.
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- 978-0-553-21338-6Copied ISBN!
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- 1713447
The War of the Worlds
114 pages
English language
Published March 21, 2018 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-9806-1881-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728262
The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published March 1, 2009
- ISBN:
- 978-1-59966-340-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 6911870
The War of the Worlds
144 pages
English language
Published Dec. 26, 2009
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- 978-1-151-20429-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728938
The War of the Worlds
216 pages
English language
Published May 1, 1979
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- 978-0-307-21626-7Copied ISBN!
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- 1231000
The War of the Worlds
110 pages
English language
Published Nov. 29, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5052-6079-3Copied ISBN!
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- 24809630
The War of The Worlds
298 pages
English language
Published Aug. 10, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-93-90600-57-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728378
The War of the Worlds
192 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2013
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- 978-0-85775-420-2Copied ISBN!
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- 23274601
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