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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- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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English language
Published Sept. 30, 2008
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- 978-0-7927-5000-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
215 pages
English language
Published Sept. 24, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3541-0982-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4859-2655-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: Classic Novel 1897
161 pages
English language
Published Dec. 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7893-0679-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: Martians, Fantasy, Cosmos, Invasion, Colonization, Extermination
164 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7472-9885-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published July 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8408-5740-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8108-6651-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds - Pertempuran Dunia
244 pages
Indonesian language
Published Sept. 12, 2012 by Elex Media Komputindo.
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- 978-602-00-3266-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published June 24, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8366-2930-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4606-4598-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
65 pages
English language
Published Nov. 24, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7722-4518-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds : Illustrated Edition
185 pages
English language
Published Sept. 29, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3553-6729-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
88 pages
Published Jan. 10, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9837-0216-7Copied ISBN!
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- 40251481
The War of the Worlds
213 pages
English language
Published June 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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