| The war of the worlds Contributor(s): Hg, Wells (Author) |
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ISBN: 1500675571 ISBN-13: 9781500675578 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $32.85 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Alien Contact |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.53 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells. It first appeared in serialized form in 1897, published simultaneously in Pearson's Magazine in the UK and Cosmopolitan magazine in the US. The first appearance in book form was published by William Heinemann of London in 1898. It is the first-person narrative of the adventures of an unnamed protagonist and his brother in Surrey and London as Earth is invaded by Martians. Written between 1895 and 1897, 2] it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. 3] The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction canon. 4 |