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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Война на световете
416 pages
Bulgarian language
Published Jan. 1, 2022
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- 978-619-7313-41-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds:Illustrated Edition
215 pages
English language
Published Oct. 23, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3597-1903-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published June 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5238-0984-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
149 pages
English language
Published Oct. 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4536-8827-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
218 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7149-2244-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728260
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Oct. 11, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3573-7979-5Copied ISBN!
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- 72911621
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 8, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5921-8967-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72628699
The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published July 6, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5329-1601-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728611
The War of the Worlds
161 pages
English language
Published April 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6364-6229-3Copied ISBN!
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- 72628331
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :A Classic Illustrated Edition
186 pages
English language
Published June 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5217-7870-6Copied ISBN!
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- 68420870
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
219 pages
English language
Published Dec. 2, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7776-5412-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728786
Rat svjetova
222 pages
Croatian language
Published Jan. 1, 2005
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- 978-953-6996-80-3Copied ISBN!
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- 17341731
La guerra de los mundos
240 pages
Spanish language
Published Aug. 1, 2010
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- 978-987-617-110-6Copied ISBN!
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- 26837197
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Dec. 22, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5851-4411-0Copied ISBN!
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- 70693479
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Oct. 1, 2014 by Flying Fish Press.
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- 978-2-7659-0457-1Copied ISBN!
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- 23501304
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