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The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells first serialized in 1897 in the UK by Pearson's Magazine and in the US by Cosmopolitan magazine. The novel's first appearance in hardcover was in 1898 from publisher William Heinemann of London. Written between 1895 and 1897,it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race.The novel is the first-person narrative of both an unnamed protagonist in Surrey and of his younger brother in London as southern England is invaded by Martians. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. The plot has been related to invasion literature of the time. The novel has been variously interpreted as a commentary on evolutionary theory, British imperialism, and generally Victorian superstitions, fears and prejudices. At the time of publication, it was classified as a scientific romance, like Wells' earlier novel The Time Machine. The War of the Worlds has been both popular (having never been out of print) and influential, spawning half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, a record album, various comic book adaptations, a television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors. It has even influenced the work of scientists, notably Robert Goddard, who (inspired by the book) invented both the liquid fueled rocket and multistage rocket, which resulted in the Apollo 11 moon landing 55 years later. This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..." Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled.
Hardcover:
9781910619674 | Classic Comic Store Ltd, January 19, 2016, cover price $15.95 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781616407865 | Reprint edition (Cosimo Inc, December 31, 2012), cover price $17.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781437822267 | Indypublish.Com, June 30, 2008, cover price $63.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781605120973 | Archeion Pr Llc, May 30, 2008, cover price $23.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781434466105 | Reprint edition (Wildside Pr, April 30, 2008), cover price $29.95 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
1 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
Paperback:
9781530341801 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 3, 2016, cover price $7.48 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds | About this edition: The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H.
9781523788804 | Createspace Independent Pub, January 31, 2016, cover price $17.95 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781522844303 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 20, 2015, cover price $10.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781522851011 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 20, 2015, cover price $10.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781519737830 | Createspace Independent Pub, December 9, 2015, cover price $9.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds | About this edition: The War of the Worlds describes the fictional 1895 invasion of Earth by aliens from Mars who use laser-like Heat-Rays, chemical weapons, and mechanical three-legged ''fighting machines'' that could potentially be viewed as precursors to the tank.
89 other edition(s) in this binding (see all)
Miscellaneous:
9781429915267 | Unabridged edition (Tor Forge, April 1, 2007), cover price $4.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
Miscellaneous:
9781605149349, titled "War of the Worlds" | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, May 1, 2008), cover price $34.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781605144207, titled "War of the Worlds" | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, May 1, 2008), cover price $29.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
CD/Spoken Word:
9780753124703, titled "The War of the Worlds: Library Edition" | Unabridged edition (Isis Audio, December 30, 2005), cover price $64.95 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9780955014000 | Gardners Books, April 27, 2005, cover price $21.80 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9780753134443 | Unabridged edition (Isis Audio, December 30, 2005), cover price $59.95 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
Library:
9781607541646 | Reprint edition (Rosen Pub Group, January 1, 2009), cover price $30.25 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781424210343, titled "War of the Worlds" | Fitzgerald Books, January 1, 2007, cover price $30.77 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
Reinforced:
9780606282383, titled "War Of The Worlds" | Demco Media, July 30, 2003, cover price $16.90 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9780606125659 | Demco Media, February 1, 1997, cover price $10.10 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds | About this edition: An English astronomer, in company with an artilleryman, a country curate, and others struggle to survive the invasion of Earth by Martians in 1894
9780606139731 | Reissue edition (Demco Media, August 1, 1991), cover price $12.50 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds | About this edition: An adaptation of H.
Prebinding:
9781439541524 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $13.99 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781439545058 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $18.95 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9781417793006 | Turtleback Books, May 17, 2005, cover price $14.75 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds
9780613969949, titled "War Of The Worlds" | Turtleback Books, June 1, 1999, cover price $9.90 | also contains The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds, War of the Worlds | About this edition: As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth.
Hardcover:
9780691647333, titled "Styles in Fictional Structure: Studies in the Art of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot" | Princeton Univ Pr, April 19, 2016, cover price $104.95
Paperback:
9780691620589 | Princeton Univ Pr, March 8, 2015, cover price $41.95
CD/Spoken Word:
9781433253867 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, July 1, 2009), cover price $100.00 | About this edition: One morning in 1911, Ishi was found, nearly starving, in the corral of a slaughter house in California.
Paperback:
9780803222502 | Univ of Nebraska Pr, May 1, 2008, cover price $29.95
Hardcover:
9780803227040 | Univ of Nebraska Pr, February 1, 1981, cover price $22.00
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