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. 3, 2003
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4043-3844-9Copied ISBN!
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- 1346021
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Feb. 1, 2005 by Blackstone Audio.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-7861-8314-2Copied ISBN!
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- 13784602
La guerra de los mundos
138 pages
Spanish language
Published July 21, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9738-0883-1Copied ISBN!
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- 35802775
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
186 pages
English language
Published Oct. 31, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7568-9467-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72916410
La guerra dei mondi
293 pages
Italian language
Published Oct. 1, 2016 by Minimum fax.
- ISBN:
- 978-88-7521-752-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 36270189
Der Krieg der Welten
328 pages
German language
Published Jan. 13, 2017 by dtv Verlagsgesellschaft.
- ISBN:
- 978-3-423-14547-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 34320713
La guerra de los mundos
206 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1984 by Grupo Planeta.
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- 978-84-320-8229-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 19373499
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published April 8, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7348-2451-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72649532
A Guerra dos Mundos
296 pages
Portuguese language
Published May 1, 2016 by Suma de Letras.
- ISBN:
- 978-85-5651-009-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 30295291
A guerra dos mundos
292 pages
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2019
- ISBN:
- 978-85-440-0226-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 50408995
Wojna Światów
224 pages
Polish language
Published Jan. 1, 2004 by Muza.
- ISBN:
- 978-83-7079-989-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 13150708
La guerra de los mundos
202 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2013
- ISBN:
- 978-607-31-1661-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 25679636
La Guerre Des Mondes
314 pages
French language
Published Feb. 15, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-1-326-94878-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 34499576
La Guerra De Los Mundos
79 pages
Spanish language
Published April 28, 2006
- ISBN:
- 978-970-643-840-9Copied ISBN!
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- 12897520
La guerre des mondes
277 pages
French language
Published 2026 by Flammarion.
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- 978-2-08-043676-4Copied ISBN!
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