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 de los mundos
224 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1994
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- 978-84-207-3410-1Copied ISBN!
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- 16082053
LA GUERRA DE LOS MUNDOS
156 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5909-9091-7Copied ISBN!
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- 64712680
La guerra de los mundos
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2014
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- 978-607-9315-35-1Copied ISBN!
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- 56929891
Guerre des mondes
French language
Published 1978 by Éditions Tallandier.
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- 978-2-235-00590-6Copied ISBN!
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- 64686411
La Guerre des Mondes
258 pages
French language
Published June 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5296-3331-1Copied ISBN!
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- 64686396
La guerre des Mondes: Grand classique de la science-fiction
183 pages
French language
Published Nov. 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7591-3325-4Copied ISBN!
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- 71089207
Guerre Des Mondes
French language
Published Nov. 1, 2007 by Éditions Gallimard.
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- 978-2-07-034746-9Copied ISBN!
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- 12308100
Krieg der Welten: Ein packender Science-Fiction-Roman, in dem eine außerirdische Invasion der Erde Realität ist
133 pages
German language
Published Dec. 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5755-3163-0Copied ISBN!
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- 70622063
Guerre des Mondes
French language
Published March 15, 2006
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- 978-2-9523169-8-9Copied ISBN!
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- 64686416
Voina mirov. Rasskazy
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2009
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- 978-5-17-060122-6Copied ISBN!
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- 68846735
PIANO BASICO RECITAL V.2
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1900
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- 978-84-9794-544-8Copied ISBN!
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- 64712684
La Guerre Des Mondes
French language
Published April 21, 2010
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- 978-1-4121-9695-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 8943108
Wojna Światów
Polish language
Published July 8, 2018
- ISBN:
- 978-83-950238-8-0Copied ISBN!
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- 40856651
La Guerre des mondes
French language
Published July 9, 2020
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- 978-2-8238-7886-8Copied ISBN!
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- 73422733
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