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
230 pages
English language
Published Oct. 2, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
214 pages
English language
Published June 22, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
215 pages
English language
Published Nov. 19, 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 Sept. 8, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4731-3313-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
186 pages
English language
Published June 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5142-8966-0Copied ISBN!
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- 72916402
The War of the Worlds
346 pages
Published Sept. 29, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7275-5154-9Copied ISBN!
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- 42130986
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 27, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3550-1300-4Copied ISBN!
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- 72911652
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
227 pages
English language
Published Sept. 12, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6855-7474-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728924
The War of the Worlds: Full New Variation
201 pages
English language
Published March 24, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4386-8427-5Copied ISBN!
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- 65728539
The War of the Worlds
206 pages
Published Aug. 19, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5169-5878-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 26567823
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Jan. 10, 1997 by Turtleback Books.
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- 978-0-606-12565-9Copied ISBN!
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- 15278098
The War of the Worlds Annotated
230 pages
English language
Published March 7, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7181-8648-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72828490
The War of the Worlds illustrated edition
222 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published June 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5146-1512-4Copied ISBN!
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- 70332722
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published May 31, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5130-5307-1Copied ISBN!
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- 72649552
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