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 H. G. Wells::
222 pages
English language
Published June 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Oct. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
88 pages
English language
Published March 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7192-9272-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Annotated
159 pages
English language
Published Aug. 25, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds : illustrated
185 pages
English language
Published Sept. 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3520-4573-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4790-6547-7Copied ISBN!
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- 72628740
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published July 24, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5430-8019-1Copied ISBN!
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- 70332612
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
215 pages
English language
Published Nov. 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7715-4453-3Copied ISBN!
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- 72911683
The War of The Worlds: With The Classic Illustrated
162 pages
English language
Published April 21, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7420-1250-4Copied ISBN!
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- 72791622
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Feb. 24, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4222-5344-9Copied ISBN!
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- 70332568
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2005 by Turtleback Books.
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- 978-1-4178-2248-5Copied ISBN!
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- 15490857
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
Published May 31, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0704-6775-7Copied ISBN!
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- 46168586
The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published June 6, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published March 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7212-9762-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7607-4636-8Copied ISBN!
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- 70332546
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