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 Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Aug. 31, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
128 pages
English language
Published Jan. 18, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published Nov. 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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H. G. Wells: The War of the Worlds(Illustrated Edition) (2022, Independently Published book edition)
The War of the Worlds(Illustrated Edition)
104 pages
English language
Published Sept. 6, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3512-1855-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
446 pages
Published March 30, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0915-1084-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
230 pages
Published July 30, 2013
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- 978-1-940177-30-4Copied ISBN!
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- 18267749
The War of the Worlds
576 pages
Published July 7, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0790-6740-8Copied ISBN!
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- 51571695
La Guerre des Mondes
192 pages
Published Aug. 23, 2016 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5372-3489-2Copied ISBN!
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- 32036875
The War of the Worlds
108 pages
Published May 6, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5465-1752-8Copied ISBN!
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La Guerre des Mondes
255 pages
French language
Published Sept. 21, 2021 by RBA.
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- 978-84-1393-271-2Copied ISBN!
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- 60110076
Война миров
221 pages
Russian language
Published Jan. 1, 2010 by AST.
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- 978-5-17-064656-2Copied ISBN!
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- 41717555
The War of the Worlds
123 pages
English language
Published Sept. 27, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3549-1277-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
223 pages
English language
Published July 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5432-4013-7Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published June 28, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5280-3441-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published Aug. 18, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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