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 & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 26, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 13, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Feb. 2, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
222 pages
English language
Published Nov. 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published June 23, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 19, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4083-4301-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published March 14, 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 Aug. 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
181 pages
English language
Published Aug. 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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La guerra de los Mundos (World Classics) (Spanish Edition)
195 pages
Spanish language
Published April 1, 2020
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- 978-87-26-33798-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73470455
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8459-1050-9Copied ISBN!
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Rat svetova
248 pages
Serbian language
Published April 21, 2022 by Laguna.
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- 978-86-521-4434-1Copied ISBN!
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- 61278477
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published May 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8321-2522-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
221 pages
English language
Published Oct. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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