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An edition of The War of the Worlds (1898)

The War of the Worlds

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H.G. Wells' late nineteenth-century novel in which an intellectually superior race from Mars invades Earth with plans to take over the planet.

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Scholastic
Language
English
Pages
285

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Imaginary wars and battles, Juvenile fiction, Space warfare, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Diseases, Martians, Invasions, Classic Literature, Open Library Staff Picks, open_syllabus_project, English Science fiction, Imaginary wars and battles in literature, Mars (Planet), Science fiction, Space vehicles, Earth, Romance Ingles, Fiction, science fiction, general, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, fantasy, general, Children's fiction, Examinations, Vocabulary, SAT (Educational test), English language, Study guides, Fiction, action & adventure, Large type books, Life on other planets, War stories, Extraterrestrial beings, fiction, Outer space, fiction, Literature, English literature, Seres extraterrestres, Extraterrestrial beings, Ficcion, Guerra espacial, Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure, Human-alien encounters, Comic books, strips, Wells, h. g. (herbert george), 1866-1946, Adaptations, Graphic novels, Aladdin (legendary character), fiction, War, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Guerras imaginarias, Novela, Guerra, Life on other planets, fiction, Fiction, war & military, Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction, Space warfare -- Fiction, Mars (Planet) -- Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles--fiction, Space warfare--fiction, Pr5774 .w3 2005dx, 823.912

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Cover of: Penguin English Library the War of the Worlds
Penguin English Library the War of the Worlds
May 29, 2012, PENGUIN GROUP, Penguin Classic
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La guerra de los mundos
2012, Ediciones MAAN S.A. de C.V.
in Spanish - 1a. ed.
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The War of the Worlds
Dec 01, 2006, Penguin Books
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The war of the worlds
2005, Prometheus
in Dutch
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The War of the Worlds
2005, Scholastic
in English
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La guerre des mondes
2005, Mercure de France
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Der Krieg der Welten.
January 1, 1974, Diogenes Verlag
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War of the Worlds, the
Oct 27, 1963, Penguin
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The war of the worlds
1922, Harper & brothers
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Borba svitiv
1917, Nakladom "Kanadyĭskoho Farmera"
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La guerre des mondes
1906, L. Vandamme & Co.
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First Sentence

"When H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Word, science and technology had already changed much about the world, and promised to change even more."

Edition Notes

Published in
New York, Toronto, London, Auckland, Sydney, Mexico City, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Buenos Aires
Series
Scholastic Classics
Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
2005

Classifications

Library of Congress
PR5774 .W3 2005

Contributors

Introduction
Orson Scott Card

The Physical Object

Pagination
285 p. ;
Number of pages
285

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24223358M
Internet Archive
warofworlds00well
ISBN 10
0439800994
ISBN 13
9780439800990
OCLC/WorldCat
62327683
Wikidata
Q116194236

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The ultimate science fiction classic: for more than one hundred years, this compelling tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers with a combination of imagination and incisive commentary on the imbalance of power that continues to be relevant today. The style is revolutionary for its era, employing a sophisticated first and third person account of the events which is both personal and focused on the holistic downfall of Earth's society. The Martians, as evil, mechanical and unknown a threat they are, remain daunting in today's society, where, despite technology's mammoth advances, humanity's hegemony over Earth is yet to be called into question. In Well's introduction to the book, where the character discusses with the later deceased Ogilvy about astronomy and the possibility of alien life defeating the 'savage' (to them) nineteenth-century Britain, is he insinuating that this is the truth and fate of humanity? It's up to you to decide…

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