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 Aug. 25, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8483-6680-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
148 pages
Published Jan. 25, 2017
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- 978-1-365-70809-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
177 pages
English language
Published April 17, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8041-8123-0Copied ISBN!
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- 72916462
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published April 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7458-9752-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds illustrated
221 pages
English language
Published July 3, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8393-4105-0Copied ISBN!
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- 71309305
火星人入侵 [Huo xing ren ru qin]
240 pages
Chinese language
Published Aug. 1, 2001
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- 978-957-570-656-2Copied ISBN!
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- 57396278
The War of the Worlds
126 pages
English language
Published Sept. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4812-2142-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728875
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published July 7, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8398-1470-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72911700
The War of the Worlds: The 1898 Science Fiction Classic
166 pages
English language
Published Sept. 22, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3540-8988-8Copied ISBN!
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- 71423284
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
230 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4781-6431-7Copied ISBN!
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- 72911855
The War of the Worlds
176 pages
English language
Published Nov. 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7597-5467-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628601
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published Dec. 11, 2010
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- 978-1-61298-025-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 10977957
The War of the Worlds Annotated
181 pages
English language
Published Oct. 19, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3590-6614-3Copied ISBN!
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- 72628565
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Feb. 1, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4110-6856-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628725
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
88 pages
English language
Published March 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7192-9167-3Copied ISBN!
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- 68420882
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