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. 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
229 pages
English language
Published March 15, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4329-5742-9Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: With Classic and Original Illustrations.
256 pages
English language
Published May 27, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6490-3397-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72791625
War of the Worlds
English language
Published Oct. 1, 1994
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- 978-0-88676-568-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728816
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published March 11, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4307-2864-9Copied ISBN!
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- 72628273
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published June 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5251-5277-9Copied ISBN!
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- 72628417
The War of the Worlds
English language
Published June 30, 2009 by Tantor Audio.
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- 978-1-4001-9284-7Copied ISBN!
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- 32438628
The War of the Worlds
110 pages
Published June 2, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0710-2210-8Copied ISBN!
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- 49516993
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Jan. 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7990-2764-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds illustrated edition
222 pages
English language
Published Sept. 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3531-5617-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
221 pages
English language
Published Oct. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7535-9707-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628679
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Oct. 7, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4901-1561-8Copied ISBN!
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- 72628544
The War of the Worlds
166 pages
Published Dec. 20, 2015 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-5228-5101-1Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published July 30, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8431-2740-4Copied ISBN!
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