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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172 pages
Published May 24, 2014 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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La Guerra de los Mundos .
124 pages
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The War of the Worlds
238 pages
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Published June 5, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
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The War of the Worlds
108 pages
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
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Published June 22, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
200 pages
English language
Published March 24, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
117 pages
English language
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The War of the Worlds annotated
177 pages
English language
Published Sept. 23, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
87 pages
English language
Published June 18, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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The War of the Worlds
352 pages
Published Sept. 27, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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La guerra de los mundos
182 pages
Published March 18, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
134 pages
Published May 6, 2011 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
188 pages
Published July 22, 2017 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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The War of the Worlds
340 pages
Published May 28, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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