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The War of the Worlds
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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
is a
science fiction
novel by
English author
H. G. Wells
first serialized in 1897 in the
UK
by
Pearson's Magazine
and in the
US
by
Cosmopolitan
magazine. The novel's first appearance in
hardcover
was in 1898 from publisher
William Heinemann
of London. Written between 1895 and 1897, it is one of the earliest stories that detail a conflict between mankind and an
extraterrestrial
race. The novel is the
first-person narrative
of both an unnamed
protagonist
in
Surrey
and of his younger brother in
London
as southern England is invaded by
Martians
. The novel is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction
canon
.
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