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
402 pages
Published April 3, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-0925-3575-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published March 14, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7218-0014-6Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
230 pages
English language
Published May 20, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8307-4318-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728309
The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
160 pages
English language
Published March 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-7194-1104-0Copied ISBN!
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La Guerre des mondes (Roman illustré) (French Edition)
211 pages
French language
Published Oct. 15, 2019 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 978-1-6999-8122-1Copied ISBN!
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- 71156886
The War of the Worlds
190 pages
Published May 25, 2017
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- 978-1-374-89593-5Copied ISBN!
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- 35311282
The War of the Worlds
152 pages
Published July 4, 2018 by Kindle Direct Publishing.
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- 978-1-7220-5805-0Copied ISBN!
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- 53382937
Война на световете
232 pages
Bulgarian language
Published Jan. 1, 2012
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- 978-954-09-0631-7Copied ISBN!
- GoodReads:
- 31682966
The War of the Worlds Illustrated & Annotated
217 pages
English language
Published Aug. 29, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4667-9947-7Copied ISBN!
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- 72911666
The War of the Worlds illustrated Annonated
184 pages
English language
Published Jan. 30, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4101-6591-4Copied ISBN!
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- 70332761
The War of the Worlds illustrated
242 pages
English language
Published May 1, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-8149-5061-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728804
The War of the Worlds - ILLUSTRATED
230 pages
English language
Published Nov. 3, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3620-4743-6Copied ISBN!
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- 65728864
The War of the Worlds
169 pages
English language
Published Aug. 9, 2021 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-4531-5020-5Copied ISBN!
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The War of the Worlds Illustrated
229 pages
English language
Published Oct. 3, 2022 by Independently Published book edition.
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- 979-8-3559-0031-1Copied ISBN!
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- 65728830
La guerra de los mundos
224 pages
Spanish language
Published Jan. 1, 2017
- ISBN:
- 978-987-45894-5-3Copied ISBN!
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- 51710813
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