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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200 pages
Estonian language
Published July 1, 2005
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published March 13, 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 Oct. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
222 pages
English language
Published Dec. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
236 pages
English language
Published May 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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Guerra De Los Mundos, La: 227 (Clio. Narrativa Histórica) (Spanish Edition)
200 pages
Spanish language
Published May 16, 2011
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
221 pages
English language
Published Oct. 3, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4888-6055-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Oct. 7, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6946-9968-6Copied ISBN!
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- 71309297
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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- 979-8-7192-9191-8Copied ISBN!
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A Guerra dos Mundos
208 pages
Portuguese language
Published Jan. 1, 2000
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- 978-85-7492-012-2Copied ISBN!
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- 18001374
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published April 2, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4451-3635-4Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Jan. 4, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5901-9936-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
174 pages
Published May 10, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5465-5698-5Copied ISBN!
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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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- 979-8-7149-4863-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
222 pages
English language
Published Oct. 5, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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