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 War Of The Worlds
138 pages
English language
Published Jan. 16, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6614-6696-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728975
The War of the Worlds
188 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
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- 978-969-9903-45-8Copied ISBN!
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- 57762007
The War of the Worlds
138 pages
English language
Published May 31, 2010
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- 978-1-4536-0380-2Copied ISBN!
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- 8609629
The War of the Worlds
224 pages
English language
Published March 12, 2002
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- 978-1-4960-9019-5Copied ISBN!
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- 30351696
The War of the Worlds
160 pages
English language
Published Jan. 15, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9839-1070-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728434
La Guerre des mondes
French language
Published Oct. 8, 2020
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- 979-10-366-0785-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 64686402
The War of the Worlds
176 pages
English language
Published Jan. 19, 2019
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- 978-88-295-9954-7Copied ISBN!
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- 43618437
The War of the Worlds
136 pages
English language
Published March 14, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9864-7627-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728680
The War of the Worlds
149 pages
English language
Published Jan. 26, 2021
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- 978-83-960520-0-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73951492
The War of the Worlds
284 pages
English language
Published Aug. 19, 2011
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- 978-1-61430-299-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 12809918
The War of the Worlds
179 pages
English language
Published March 18, 2021
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- 978-1-6673-0264-5Copied ISBN!
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- 73653781
The War of the Worlds
228 pages
English language
Published Oct. 25, 2021
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- 978-2-7149-0808-7Copied ISBN!
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- 73653652
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Sept. 12, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9762-3783-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728847
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Sept. 7, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9761-2113-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728424
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published Sept. 3, 2014 by Broadview Press.
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- 73653779
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