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 Sept. 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
216 pages
English language
Published Oct. 8, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells (World Literature Classics / Illustrated with doodles: Alien Invasion Science Fiction (Paperback)
170 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published May 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
177 pages
English language
Published July 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published July 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published June 19, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5233-3282-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 1, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 18, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells :(Annotated Edition)
186 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5350-6359-1Copied ISBN!
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War of The Worlds: Annotated
227 pages
English language
Published July 9, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6649-7032-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628284
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells: Classic Novel 1897
161 pages
English language
Published Dec. 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7892-6307-5Copied ISBN!
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- 68420864
Pasaulių karas
213 pages
Lithuanian language
Published Jan. 1, 2008
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- 978-9955-754-04-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
108 pages
English language
Published June 27, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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Война Миров (Фантастика Уэллса) (Russian Edition)
189 pages
Russian language
Published Nov. 8, 2020
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- 978-1-78736-199-7Copied ISBN!
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- 74726585
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