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
175 pages
English language
Published Jan. 1, 2011
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- 978-1-257-98029-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
220 pages
English language
Published March 29, 2008 by Barnes & Noble.
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- 978-1-59308-348-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
182 pages
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9756-1537-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728231
The War of the Worlds
112 pages
English language
Published April 1, 2003
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- 978-1-890305-45-1Copied ISBN!
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- 836226
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published June 14, 2017 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-5215-0181-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728919
The War of the Worlds
226 pages
English language
Published Aug. 15, 2022
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- 978-93-5499-251-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728676
The War of the Worlds
330 pages
English language
Published Oct. 2, 2019
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- 978-3-337-84436-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728643
The War of the Worlds
248 pages
English language
Published May 28, 2005
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- 978-1-4037-1503-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 2982031
The War of the Worlds
158 pages
English language
Published Dec. 4, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5196-7919-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728406
The War of the Worlds
340 pages
English language
Published March 17, 2011
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- 978-1-241-20496-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 14043944
The War Of The Worlds
54 pages
English language
Published Aug. 2, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-9741-4418-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728292
The War of the Worlds
258 pages
English language
Published June 5, 2012 by Atria Books.
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- 978-1-4516-8798-9Copied ISBN!
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- 15707252
The War of the Worlds
150 pages
English language
Published Dec. 9, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5054-4425-4Copied ISBN!
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- 65728359
The War of the Worlds
172 pages
English language
Published May 15, 2017
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- 978-88-264-8635-2Copied ISBN!
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- 73653762
The War of the Worlds
258 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 1993
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- 978-0-89375-347-4Copied ISBN!
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- 1231005
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