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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La guerra dei mondi
252 pages
Italian language
Published May 28, 2020
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- 978-88-347-3918-1Copied ISBN!
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War of the Worlds, The
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2011 by Brilliance Audio.
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- 978-1-4558-4126-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
215 pages
English language
Published Jan. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5942-9715-9Copied ISBN!
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Dünyaların Savaşı
322 pages
Turkish language
Published Jan. 1, 2001
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- 978-975-8607-04-4Copied ISBN!
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- 13409199
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Sept. 20, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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La guerra de los mundos
288 pages
Spanish language
Published Nov. 9, 2020
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- 978-84-17928-80-3Copied ISBN!
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- 57880174
La guerra dels mons
344 pages
Valencian language
Published May 4, 2022 by Edicions Bromera.
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- 978-84-1358-266-5Copied ISBN!
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- 61037575
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5961-9572-9Copied ISBN!
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- 70693477
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5816-5067-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728299
La guerra dei mondi
300 pages
Italian language
Published Oct. 13, 2016
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- 978-88-7521-793-8Copied ISBN!
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- 56382682
Der Krieg der Welten
304 pages
German language
Published Feb. 1, 2017
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- 978-3-596-95029-4Copied ISBN!
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- 41960668
The War of the Worlds Annotated
248 pages
English language
Published Dec. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7862-8036-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
53 pages
English language
Published Nov. 17, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5663-5495-8Copied ISBN!
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