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 Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 18, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4043-3003-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
140 pages
English language
Published March 7, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4267-9395-8Copied ISBN!
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- 71444397
The War of the Worlds Annotated
176 pages
English language
Published June 23, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8377-0231-0Copied ISBN!
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- 72628554
The War of the Worlds Annotated
192 pages
English language
Published June 3, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8338-3452-7Copied ISBN!
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- 72628286
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Nov. 2, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5577-3752-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72649497
حرب الأكوان
256 pages
Arabic language
Published Jan. 1, 2019
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- 978-977-806-120-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 43807678
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published April 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8108-6642-8Copied ISBN!
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- 70332655
The War of the Worlds: original
132 pages
English language
Published May 31, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8331-0759-1Copied ISBN!
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- 69741398
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
186 pages
English language
Published Nov. 8, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7620-5101-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72916452
The War of the Worlds
227 pages
English language
Published Sept. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4838-3733-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728980
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published April 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8040-1900-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 70332601
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Sept. 30, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3554-6112-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728278
Rat svetova
224 pages
Serbian language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
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- 978-86-80430-26-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 35757593
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Feb. 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4236-3433-9Copied ISBN!
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- 72911613
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published Nov. 24, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7727-9831-7Copied ISBN!
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- 70332785
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