About the book
H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its appearance, and a half-century after Orson Wells's infamous 1938 radio adaptation. The daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of \"vast and cool and unsympathetic\" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking and chilling, The War Of The Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.
Editions of The War of the Worlds
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780553213386
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780525564164
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781784872113
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781784874018
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780375759239
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307808035
- EBook
- ISBN 9781588362339
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9781785293573
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H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its appearance, and a half-century after Orson Wells's infamous 1938 radio adaptation. The daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of \"vast and cool and unsympathetic\" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking and chilling, The War Of The Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.
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H.G. Wells's science fiction classic, the first novel to explore the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets, it still startling and vivid nearly after a century after its appearance, and a half-century after Orson Wells's infamous 1938 radio adaptation. The daring portrayal of aliens landing on English soil, with its themes of interplanetary imperialism, technological holocaust and chaos, is central to the career of H.G. Wells, who died at the dawn of the atomic age. The survival of mankind in the face of \"vast and cool and unsympathetic\" scientific powers spinning out of control was a crucial theme throughout his work. Visionary, shocking and chilling, The War Of The Worlds has lost none of its impact since its first publication in 1898.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The War of the Worlds?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The War of the Worlds?
H. G. Wells
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The War of the Worlds is available as paperback(ISBN 9780553213386) and paperback(ISBN 9780525564164) and paperback(ISBN 9781784872113) and paperback(ISBN 9781784874018) and paperback(ISBN 9780375759239) and ebook(ISBN 9780307808035) and ebook(ISBN 9781588362339) and audiodisc(ISBN 9781785293573)
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