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
165 pages
English language
Published Jan. 27, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5204-7165-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
189 pages
English language
Published June 1, 1998
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- 978-1-56156-912-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
250 pages
English language
Published Aug. 29, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9759-0500-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728536
The War of the Worlds
352 pages
English language
Published Dec. 17, 2007
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- 978-81-8456-164-7Copied ISBN!
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- 7831893
The War of the Worlds: By H. G. Wells : Illustrated
178 pages
English language
Published Dec. 15, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5406-9721-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728934
The War of the Worlds
176 pages
English language
Published July 14, 2006
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- 978-1-58726-386-6Copied ISBN!
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- 2509
The War of the Worlds
140 pages
English language
Published Oct. 23, 2010
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- 978-1-936594-05-4Copied ISBN!
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- 9683775
The War of the Worlds
240 pages
English language
Published April 29, 2017
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- 978-88-264-3105-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728926
The War of the Worlds
256 pages
English language
Published Oct. 26, 2021
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- 978-1-68137-609-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 59058044
The War of the Worlds
564 pages
English language
Published Sept. 19, 2008
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- 978-1-4270-6760-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728993
The War of the Worlds
206 pages
English language
Published June 28, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5349-6120-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728509
The War of the Worlds
196 pages
English language
Published May 30, 2008
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- 978-1-60512-097-3Copied ISBN!
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- 7292067
The War of the Worlds
196 pages
English language
Published June 6, 2018
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- 978-1-78724-572-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728414
War of the Worlds
160 pages
English language
Published June 1980
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- 978-0-8049-0045-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
276 pages
English language
Published Feb. 9, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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