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 Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Nov. 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
186 pages
English language
Published June 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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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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- 979-8-7782-3635-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds illustrated
221 pages
English language
Published June 2, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8336-4321-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
191 pages
English language
Published April 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7371-1266-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728328
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
222 pages
English language
Published June 17, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8358-7164-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728568
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
230 pages
English language
Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8383-7618-3Copied ISBN!
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- 72911475
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 2, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4694-4363-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published March 11, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4305-4276-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
181 pages
English language
Published April 23, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8089-4523-4Copied ISBN!
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- 72628385
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 9, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7982-8295-1Copied ISBN!
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- 70332493
The War of the Worlds
232 pages
Published Jan. 1, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6541-2654-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Nov. 12, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7661-1306-5Copied ISBN!
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- 70332539
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published July 27, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5354-6360-7Copied ISBN!
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- 31335926
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4622-3530-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628540
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