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: Classic Original Space Thriller
155 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4690-9113-4Copied ISBN!
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- 70007460
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published Jan. 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5947-7991-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72649543
La guerra de los mundos
176 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1984
- ISBN:
- 978-84-8280-935-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 33626544
La guerra de los mundos
192 pages
Spanish language
Published March 28, 2002
- ISBN:
- 978-84-8130-159-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 1491078
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-1-62250-104-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 17300681
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Feb. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
- ISBN:
- 979-8-7030-4635-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628470
La guerra de los mundos
192 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2016
- ISBN:
- 978-84-16827-02-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 34948990
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Dec. 1, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5747-2781-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72649527
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
93 pages
English language
Published Jan. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5977-7608-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 68420849
Dünyalar Savaşı
264 pages
Turkish language
Published Jan. 1, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-625-405-335-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 58422121
A guerra dos mundos
298 pages
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-65-5870-111-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 60043383
La guerra dels mons
247 pages
Valencian language
Published July 1, 1998 by Quaderns Crema.
- ISBN:
- 978-84-7727-212-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11351339
La guerra dei mondi
208 pages
Italian language
Published Oct. 9, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-88-8337-613-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 39663541
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Feb. 1, 1976
- ISBN:
- 978-0-89319-008-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11296406
Klodernes Kamp
280 pages
Danish language
Published July 15, 2020 by Books on Demand.
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- 978-87-430-2669-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 54540556
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