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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The War of the Worlds annotated
213 pages
English language
Published Oct. 19, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
142 pages
Published Aug. 15, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds illustrated
212 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-6651-6153-2Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds: Annotated
236 pages
English language
Published Sept. 27, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published June 16, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5215-3276-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds:
208 pages
English language
Published July 13, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds: Illustrated
193 pages
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4609-7639-3Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
213 pages
English language
Published March 8, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Annotated
181 pages
English language
Published Nov. 6, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
212 pages
English language
Published March 21, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
213 pages
English language
Published Aug. 24, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8479-7130-0Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published June 21, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-5246-3184-8Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds
215 pages
English language
Published Aug. 5, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published Nov. 4, 2020 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
175 pages
English language
Published June 4, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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