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: Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Feb. 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7048-1800-7Copied ISBN!
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- 70332684
War o the Warlds
224 pages
Scots language
Published Aug. 1, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-1-78201-271-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 61158692
La guerra de los mundos
204 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1980
- ISBN:
- 978-84-365-1701-9Copied ISBN!
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- 61759906
The War Of The Worlds
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2004
- ISBN:
- 978-1-59540-030-7Copied ISBN!
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- 1346020
La guerra de los mundos
224 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 1, 2016 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-987-3952-28-9Copied ISBN!
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- 32737461
The War of the Worlds
134 pages
English language
Published Jan. 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5898-0341-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728806
La guerre des mondes
215 pages
French language
Published March 18, 2019
- ISBN:
- 978-2-37463-338-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73422718
The War of the Worlds
227 pages
English language
Published Sept. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4838-3510-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728395
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
93 pages
English language
Published Dec. 29, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5879-6181-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728788
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 15, 1973 by Berkley Publishing Group.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-425-02307-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11893154
The War of the Worlds
157 pages
English language
Published Oct. 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4979-1184-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728940
La Guerre des mondes
66 pages
French language
Published July 26, 2011
- ISBN:
- 978-1-232-56063-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686409
The War of the Worlds
111 pages
English language
Published June 10, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6527-9993-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728731
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5914-2885-3Copied ISBN!
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- 72649546
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
191 pages
English language
Published Feb. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7030-2170-5Copied ISBN!
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- 70332608
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