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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- 11494
- BNF ID:
- 11961283d
- VIAF:
- 175789810
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Война на световете
208 pages
Bulgarian language
Published Jan. 1, 2016
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- 978-619-7120-49-3Copied ISBN!
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- 30489103
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published March 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7220-6994-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72628499
War of the Worlds Annotated
175 pages
English language
Published June 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5295-2439-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72628527
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
191 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7563-8112-2Copied ISBN!
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- 70332748
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Nov. 16, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5657-7306-4Copied ISBN!
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- 72649479
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Oct. 27, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3606-4432-3Copied ISBN!
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- 72628451
The War of the Worlds
68 pages
English language
Published Oct. 11, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4938-4679-3Copied ISBN!
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- 65728318
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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- 979-8-7565-8433-2Copied ISBN!
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- 72916429
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Oct. 17, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3587-5849-0Copied ISBN!
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- 72911697
La Guerra de los Mundos
256 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2018
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- 978-956-316-441-1Copied ISBN!
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- 39746543
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
238 pages
English language
Published Nov. 4, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3621-5450-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728652
The War of the Worlds
78 pages
English language
Published Feb. 17, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4188-4328-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728892
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published June 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5177-2365-9Copied ISBN!
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- 70332475
The War of the Worlds annotated
213 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 72628397
The War of the Worlds - ILLUSTRATED
230 pages
English language
Published Sept. 28, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3550-6884-4Copied ISBN!
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- 71309309
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