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:
191 pages
English language
Published Feb. 4, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4125-3150-2Copied ISBN!
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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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- 979-8-7192-9242-7Copied ISBN!
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- 68420850
世界大戰: 火星人全面入侵
256 pages
Chinese language
Published Nov. 24, 2015
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- 978-986-92426-4-6Copied ISBN!
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- 29055728
H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds: Illustrated Edition (2022, Independently Published book edition)
The War of the Worlds: Illustrated Edition
221 pages
English language
Published Oct. 17, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3586-4057-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728182
Война миров
200 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2018
- ISBN:
- 978-966-948-094-1Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 41735405
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 24, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8481-3896-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72911630
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
121 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7565-8674-9Copied ISBN!
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- 72916426
The War of the Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published Oct. 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7546-4652-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628259
The War of the Worlds: Classic Illustrations, Vintage Classics Edition, Original Classic Novel
207 pages
English language
Published Oct. 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7519-9086-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72882990
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells Annotated
259 pages
English language
Published March 9, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4295-4567-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72916456
War of the Worlds
English language
Published July 30, 2003 by Turtleback Books.
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- 978-0-606-28238-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 13083490
La Guerre des Mondes
261 pages
French language
Published July 1, 2020 by Presses Pocket.
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- 978-2-266-30798-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 59357840
Ο πόλεμος των κόσμων
366 pages
Greek language
Published Jan. 1, 2006
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- 978-960-235-724-8Copied ISBN!
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- 28931330
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
215 pages
English language
Published May 15, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8271-9239-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72911651
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
214 pages
English language
Published June 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5222-5366-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 71309284
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