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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Война миров (Азбука-классика) (Russian Edition)
244 pages
Russian language
Published June 25, 2022
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- 978-5-389-21535-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Dec. 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7819-8433-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published July 5, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8395-8997-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds annotated
177 pages
English language
Published Dec. 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
230 pages
English language
Published Aug. 7, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8444-4281-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728236
Klodernes kamp
211 pages
Danish language
Published July 27, 2017
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- 978-87-11-72073-8Copied ISBN!
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- 73705257
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Oct. 9, 2010
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- 978-1-61042-152-2Copied ISBN!
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- 10977958
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
186 pages
English language
Published Sept. 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4767-8361-9Copied ISBN!
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- 72916437
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Dec. 15, 1976 by Berkley Publishing Group.
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- 978-0-425-03439-2Copied ISBN!
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- 11893181
The War of the Worlds Annotated
182 pages
English language
Published Dec. 5, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5769-0257-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628447
The War of the Worlds illustrated
245 pages
English language
Published May 12, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8254-7451-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728717
the war of the worlds by h.g. wells A classic illustrated Edition
182 pages
English language
Published Feb. 15, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4177-1973-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Feb. 11, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4157-2043-9Copied ISBN!
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War of the Worlds
English language
Published Sept. 1, 1986
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- 978-0-89926-175-1Copied ISBN!
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- 30820318
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published July 18, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 70332623
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