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
199 pages
English language
Published July 18, 2012 by Blackstone Publishing.
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- 978-1-4708-3115-8Copied ISBN!
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- 17252986
The War of the Worlds
145 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7070-5020-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728894
The War of the Worlds
178 pages
English language
Published May 4, 2010
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- 978-1-4491-1775-7Copied ISBN!
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- 73653760
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Sept. 17, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9764-2441-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728476
The War of the Worlds
342 pages
English language
Published Dec. 25, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-83-961230-8-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73653711
The War of the Worlds
198 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2014
- ISBN:
- 978-1-68029-402-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 23598576
The War of the Worlds
245 pages
English language
Published Aug. 21, 2018
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- 978-88-283-8508-0Copied ISBN!
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- 73653606
The War of the Worlds
204 pages
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1988
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- 978-0-329-11505-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 24515470
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1964
- ISBN:
- 978-0-425-01255-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 15827566
The War of the Worlds
161 pages
English language
Published Nov. 26, 2018
- ISBN:
- 978-1-63537-318-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73653662
The War of the Worlds
190 pages
English language
Published Nov. 7, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5420-9945-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 36164105
The War of the Worlds: Large Print Edition: Classic Novel Reprint
302 pages
English language
Published Dec. 27, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6517-1469-0Copied ISBN!
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- 69384737
The War of the Worlds
245 pages
English language
Published Aug. 21, 2018
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- 978-88-283-8481-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73653771
The War of the Worlds
136 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5371-6825-8Copied ISBN!
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- 31670352
The War of the Worlds
145 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 1997
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- 978-1-57002-050-6Copied ISBN!
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- 10801138
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