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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LA GUERRE DES MONDES / THE WAR OF THE WORLDS: Edition Bilingue Illustrée : Français / Anglais
391 pages
French language
Published Oct. 15, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-7000-2248-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
214 pages
English language
Published Jan. 11, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7986-2920-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728265
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published July 11, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5354-1482-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728882
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published April 20, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8068-4439-3Copied ISBN!
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- 70332799
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Sept. 7, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4726-2654-5Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628420
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
265 pages
English language
Published July 6, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5325-6258-5Copied ISBN!
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- 72911655
The War of the Worlds
171 pages
English language
Published Jan. 16, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4032-9179-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628595
The War of the Worlds
220 pages
English language
Published Sept. 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4762-9089-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728471
The War of the Worlds: Annotated
159 pages
English language
Published Aug. 25, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8483-4587-2Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628726
La guerra de los mundos
223 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2021
- ISBN:
- 978-987-8466-18-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 59251094
The War of the Worlds Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Oct. 21, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7512-8682-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628616
The War of the Worlds
120 pages
Published April 26, 2012 by Penguin Books.
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- 978-0-14-197420-0Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 38342993
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
217 pages
English language
Published July 12, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8404-2892-4Copied ISBN!
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- 65728647
The War of the Worlds
173 pages
English language
Published Jan. 26, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7955-7211-6Copied ISBN!
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- 72628671
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. 12, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3522-7643-3Copied ISBN!
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- 71309295
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