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 July 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5387-7929-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: H. G. Wells Illustrated
219 pages
English language
Published Oct. 18, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3588-6395-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728920
Klodernes kamp
243 pages
Danish language
Published Nov. 5, 2021
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- 978-87-94145-68-8Copied ISBN!
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- 61993531
The War of the Worlds
414 pages
English language
Published Dec. 24, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7898-0642-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
181 pages
English language
Published May 29, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8327-1513-1Copied ISBN!
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- 72628427
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
160 pages
English language
Published March 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7217-5885-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728873
La guerra de los mundos
224 pages
Published April 1, 2018
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- 978-607-457-551-4Copied ISBN!
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- 58120053
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published June 4, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8337-8923-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
160 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5910-0642-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
138 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8401-7671-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
205 pages
English language
Published July 3, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6626-6505-7Copied ISBN!
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- 65728330
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
131 pages
English language
Published Nov. 29, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5738-2192-4Copied ISBN!
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- 68420887
The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published Feb. 26, 2020
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- 978-625-7058-82-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
219 pages
English language
Published June 5, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6513-2338-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72649540
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
219 pages
English language
Published May 19, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5069-2803-4Copied ISBN!
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