The War of the Worlds

Name: The War of the Worlds
Author: H.G. Wells
ISBN: 9798719609539

by H.G. Wells

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The seminal masterpiece of alien invasion, The War of the Worlds (1898) conjures a terrifying, tentacled race of Martians who devastate the Earth and feed on their human victims while their voracious vegetation, the red weed, spreads over the ruined planet. After the novel's hero finds himself trapped in what is left of London, despairing at the destruction of human civilization, he discovers that life on Earth is more resilient than he had imagined. Adapted by Orson Welles for his notorious 193...

First published 1897294 pages

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823.912

Category: Science Fiction
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 13
Editions known: 400

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 823.912823[Fic]
Library of Congress (LCC): PR5774.W3 2019PR5774.W3 2001PZ0007.S24864 War 2007PR5774.W3 2015

Subjects

823.912AdaptationsAdventure and adventurers, fictionAladdin (legendary character), fictionBritish and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Children's fictionClassic LiteratureComic books, stripsDiseasesEarthEnglish Science fictionEnglish language

This edition

ISBN 9798719609539English

DATE DUE

First published1897

Film adaptation1953

Adaptation adaptation1975

Film adaptation1981

Adaptation adaptation1998

Adaptation adaptation1999

Film adaptation2005

Adaptation adaptation2006

Film adaptation2007

Film adaptation2008

Adaptation adaptation2012

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Adaptations

Works adapted from The War of the Worlds.

FilmThe War of the Worlds (1953)
AdaptationJeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1975)
FilmThe War of the Worlds: Next Century (1981)
AdaptationJeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1998)
AdaptationJeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds (1999)
FilmH. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2005)
FilmH. G. Wells' War of the Worlds (2005)
FilmWar of the Worlds (2005)
AdaptationH. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (2006)
FilmWar of the Servers (2007)
FilmWar of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave (2008)
AdaptationJeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation (2012)