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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Voina mirov
384 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2010 by AST.
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- 978-5-17-065769-8Copied ISBN!
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- 68846746
La guerra de los mundos
304 pages
Spanish language
Published June 1, 2019 by Grupo Planeta.
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- 978-84-08-21006-1Copied ISBN!
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- 44648166
Ο πόλεμος των κόσμων
396 pages
Greek language
Published Jan. 1, 2003
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- 978-960-229-143-6Copied ISBN!
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- 13607574
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Aug. 1, 2012 by Blackstone Audio.
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- 978-1-4708-3109-7Copied ISBN!
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- 15950394
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Feb. 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7131-0322-4Copied ISBN!
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- 70332789
The War of the Worlds
414 pages
English language
Published Nov. 11, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7639-9234-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728349
Ο πόλεμος των κόσμων
262 pages
Greek language
Published Jan. 1, 1998 by Minoas Editions.
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- 978-960-240-211-5Copied ISBN!
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- 27865498
La guerra de los mundos
192 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2016
- ISBN:
- 978-987-571-166-2Copied ISBN!
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- 35127030
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published March 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7295-0102-1Copied ISBN!
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- 72649539
The War Of The Worlds:
228 pages
English language
Published June 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5278-7374-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728896
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
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- 978-3-89940-617-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 43900911
The War of the Worlds: The Classic, Bestselling H G Wells Novel
84 pages
English language
Published Sept. 24, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6898-4884-6Copied ISBN!
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- 70007458
La Guerre des mondes
192 pages
French language
Published July 21, 2016
- ISBN:
- 978-605-04-8598-1Copied ISBN!
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- 73422739
De oorlog der werelden
151 pages
Dutch language
Published May 1, 2015
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- 978-90-499-0186-8Copied ISBN!
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- 35419044
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