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 Ruby of Kishmoor (Enriched Classics (Pocket))
288 pages
English language
Published Sept. 13, 2004
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- 978-1-55443-583-8Copied ISBN!
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- 74181828
The War of the Worlds
178 pages
English language
Published June 16, 2020
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- 978-1-716-83055-6Copied ISBN!
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- 73653733
The War of The Worlds
124 pages
English language
Published Aug. 27, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5009-5230-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Penguin Classics.
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- 978-0-14-119095-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
152 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1898 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5430-3861-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728908
The War of the Worlds
208 pages
English language
Published Aug. 10, 2011
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- 978-1-61042-861-3Copied ISBN!
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- 73184404
The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2011
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- 978-1-4498-8169-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
314 pages
English language
Published Nov. 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9812-5411-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728820
The War of the Worlds
199 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2012
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- 978-1-61570-182-7Copied ISBN!
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- 14562705
The War of the Worlds
168 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
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- 978-1-58726-282-1Copied ISBN!
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- 18398481
H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5350-0188-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
170 pages
English language
Published May 24, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5468-7758-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
214 pages
English language
Published July 15, 2012
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- 978-1-62297-019-3Copied ISBN!
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- 22934376
The War of the Worlds
285 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2012
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- 978-1-74283-305-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds:
126 pages
English language
Published May 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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