The War of the Worlds (book)

Author: H G Wells

Type: Novel
Length: 192 pages

Derivative: The War of the Worlds, Film

As Noted In: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, B E S Publishing
Ranked 56th, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Le Monde
As Noted In: Notable Novels and Novellas, Phantom

Man had not yet learned to fly when HG Wells conceived this story of a Martian attack on England. Giant cylinders crash to Earth, disgorging huge, unearthly creatures armed with heat-rays and fighting machines. Amid the boundless destruction they cause, it looks as if the end of the world has come.

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Y/M/D		Association	Description
1898/00/00	H G Wells	Author	"The War of the Worlds" By H G Wells arrives on Earth.
1898/00/00	William Heinemann	Publisher	"The War of the Worlds" By H G Wells arrives on Earth.
1938/10/30	Orson Welles	Actor, Director	Orson Welles' The Mercury Theatre dramatizes of H G Wells' "The War of the Worlds" on Halloween night. Thousands of frightened listeners called their locale police stations to find out if the world was actually being invaded by Martians.

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Particulars for The War of the Worlds (book):
Definition	Aperture	an opening, hole or gap.
Art Type	Book	a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Celestial Life	Extraterrestrial Visitor	life form from a place outside the planet Earth
Narrative Arts	Fiction	prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts	Narrative	an account of connected events
Art Type	Novel	long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length
Narrative Arts	Prose	ordinary written language
Motif	War

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Original Language:	English

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