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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DER KRIEG DER WELTEN - WELLS,
German language
Published April 24, 2017
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- 978-3-7857-5513-6Copied ISBN!
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- 68743612
Der Krieg der Welten / The War of the Worlds: Bilingual Edition/Zweisprachige Ausgabe
German language
Published Jan. 2, 2017
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- 978-3-8496-8041-1Copied ISBN!
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- 68728292
La Guerra de los Mundos: La novela clásica de ciencia ficción que cambio la historia
130 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5946-8011-1Copied ISBN!
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- 70688978
Der Krieg der Welten
German language
Published Dec. 1, 2018
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- 978-3-86352-207-0Copied ISBN!
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- 64818687
La Guerra de los Mundos: Invasiones Planetarias
92 pages
Spanish language
Published Sept. 5, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6830-7971-0Copied ISBN!
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- 64712663
La Guerra de los Mundos
146 pages
Spanish language
Published June 13, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6536-3516-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 71937265
La guerra de los mundos
Spanish language
Published June 20, 2018
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- 978-84-677-6297-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 57135012
La Guerra De Los Mundos/ The War of the Worlds, Vol. 628
Spanish language
Published June 30, 2005 by Debolsillo.
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- 978-84-9793-781-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 11308881
Gruselkabinett 124/125 - Der Krieg der Welten
German language
Published Aug. 25, 2017
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- 978-3-7857-5457-3Copied ISBN!
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- 34395119
Der Krieg der Welten
German language
Published Jan. 13, 2017 by Der Audio Verlag.
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- 978-3-86231-848-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 34198709
La Guerre des mondes illustree
234 pages
French language
Published April 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7450-9872-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 70519321
LA GUERRA DE LOS MUNDOS
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 1998
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- 978-84-7773-183-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64712681
Der Krieg der Welten.
German language
Published 1974 by Diogenes Verlag.
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- 978-3-257-20171-0Copied ISBN!
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- 1476337
La guerre des mondes / Le massacre de l'humanité
665 pages
French language
Published 2017 by Bragelonne.
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- 979-10-281-0606-5Copied ISBN!
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