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 Feb. 4, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
230 pages
English language
Published May 30, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds:Illustrated Edition
221 pages
English language
Published July 17, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5389-6826-8Copied ISBN!
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- 70332758
The War of the Worlds illustrated
180 pages
English language
Published Nov. 26, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published March 8, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4290-5210-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728180
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Sept. 8, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3511-9215-4Copied ISBN!
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- 72628364
The War of the Worlds
235 pages
English language
Published Jan. 13, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4016-1161-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728564
The War of the Worlds annotated
213 pages
English language
Published May 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8283-3218-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72628582
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published April 30, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8139-8873-8Copied ISBN!
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- 70332718
The War of the Worlds Annotated
230 pages
English language
Published March 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4302-1298-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72828482
La guerra de los mundos (Clio. Narrativa Histórica) (Spanish Edition)
200 pages
Spanish language
Published Feb. 17, 2020
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- 978-84-414-4015-9Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 73525590
The War of the Worlds: Classic Illustrations, Vintage Classics Edition, Original Classic Novel
209 pages
English language
Published Feb. 2, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7036-6070-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72882993
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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- 979-8-7192-9203-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8456-3807-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
230 pages
English language
Published Nov. 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7631-4269-3Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 70332572
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