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
191 pages
English language
Published April 6, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4475-8335-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Oct. 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3585-1917-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628393
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Oct. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7534-3421-0Copied ISBN!
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- 70332658
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4574-0458-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72628348
The War of the Worlds
273 pages
English language
Published May 8, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5009-3139-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728967
Világok harca
122 pages
Hungarian language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
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- 978-963-398-813-8Copied ISBN!
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- 48500360
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4779-9768-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72628746
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
188 pages
English language
Published Oct. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7534-7976-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728423
The War of the Worlds - ILLUSTRATED
230 pages
English language
Published Oct. 19, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3589-8964-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728862
The War of the Worlds Annotated
181 pages
English language
Published March 23, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4380-2316-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628382
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published March 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7232-2676-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728838
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5495-8876-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
236 pages
English language
Published March 12, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4315-3543-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Aug. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4641-1401-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728737
The War of the Worlds
157 pages
English language
Published Nov. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7605-3806-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728356
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