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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- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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Klodernes kamp
250 pages
Danish language
Published March 1, 2022
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- 978-87-27-00756-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of The Worlds: with illustrations
190 pages
English language
Published May 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5110-8469-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Classic 18th century science fiction the war of the worlds novel by h g wells
154 pages
English language
Published Sept. 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4822-8910-5Copied ISBN!
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Guerra de los mundos, La
239 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2017 by Ediciones B.
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- 978-607-529-125-3Copied ISBN!
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- 36148756
La guerra de los mundos (traducido) (Spanish Edition)
230 pages
Spanish language
Published Oct. 25, 2021
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- 978-88-9286-585-3Copied ISBN!
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- 73470452
War of Worlds
English language
Published Sept. 12, 1960 by Random House.
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- 978-0-394-90471-9Copied ISBN!
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- 6102114
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1980
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- 978-1-6644-2940-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728764
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
131 pages
English language
Published Jan. 19, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5972-9666-1Copied ISBN!
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- 70789670
La Guerra de Los Mundos
240 pages
Spanish language
Published Oct. 1, 2016
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- 978-987-627-672-6Copied ISBN!
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- 32890399
The War of the Worlds
179 pages
English language
Published March 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4299-3253-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728888
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
93 pages
English language
Published Jan. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5962-2855-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728844
The War Of The Worlds: Original Text
185 pages
English language
Published May 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6468-1990-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72469571
A Guerra dos Mundos
256 pages
Portuguese language
Published July 24, 2017
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- 978-85-254-3629-0Copied ISBN!
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- 38191478
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