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 Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Dec. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7866-7323-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds annotated
177 pages
English language
Published July 20, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8414-7066-3Copied ISBN!
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- 72628425
The War of the Worlds : illustrated
185 pages
English language
Published July 28, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8428-2030-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
230 pages
English language
Published June 3, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8339-1307-9Copied ISBN!
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- 65728777
The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published June 27, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8383-3266-0Copied ISBN!
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- 65728178
The War of the Worlds illustrated
221 pages
English language
Published Oct. 6, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4907-3772-8Copied ISBN!
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- 70332462
The War of the Worlds annotated
213 pages
English language
Published Aug. 10, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8459-3288-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 72628408
War of the Worlds
206 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7635-5094-8Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728600
The War of the Worlds
113 pages
English language
Published March 9, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4295-0573-2Copied ISBN!
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- 65728307
世界大戰
288 pages
Chinese language
Published June 22, 2022
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- 978-626-335-535-4Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 61265912
The War of the Worlds illustrated
242 pages
English language
Published April 25, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8105-5691-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728365
The War of the Worlds :(illustrated edition)
221 pages
English language
Published Dec. 25, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7902-3657-0Copied ISBN!
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- 70332673
The War of the Worlds
111 pages
English language
Published July 28, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8427-8291-8Copied ISBN!
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- 65728693
The War of the Worlds Novel by H. G. Wells Annotated
259 pages
English language
Published March 2, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4256-5699-5Copied ISBN!
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- 72916418
The War of the Worlds
181 pages
English language
Published Sept. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4809-6633-6Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 65728269
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