The War of the Worlds

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invasion literature novel science fiction novel

The War of the Worlds is a classic science fiction novel depicting a devastating Martian invasion of Earth and humanity’s struggle to survive.

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Label Occurrences
The War of the Worlds canonical 14
The War of the Worlds (radio drama) 3
"The War of the Worlds" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf invasion literature ⓘ
novel ⓘ
science fiction novel ⓘ
adaptedAs comic ⓘ
film ⓘ
radio drama ⓘ
stage production ⓘ
television series ⓘ
author Herbert George Wells ⓘ
surface form: H. G. Wells
centralTheme Martian invasion of Earth ⓘ
conflict between technology and humanity ⓘ
human vulnerability ⓘ
imperialism as invasion metaphor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts collapse of human military resistance ⓘ
mass destruction in London ⓘ
featuresTechnology black smoke ⓘ
heat-ray ⓘ
tripods ⓘ
firstPublicationForm serial ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Cosmopolitan magazine ⓘ
Pearson's Magazine ⓘ
genre alien invasion fiction ⓘ
apocalyptic fiction ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Henrique Alvim Corrêa ⓘ
Warwick Goble ⓘ
hasSequelInSpirit The War of the Worlds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The War of the Worlds (various unofficial sequels)
influenced alien invasion genre ⓘ
science fiction literature ⓘ
literaryPeriod Victorian literature ⓘ
mainAntagonists Martians ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableAdaptation Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ⓘ
The War of the Worlds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)

The War of the Worlds (1953 film) ⓘ
War of the Worlds (2005 film) ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfMovement early science fiction ⓘ
protagonistOccupation writer ⓘ
publicationYear 1898 ⓘ
publisher William Heinemann ⓘ
radioAdaptationDirector Orson Welles ⓘ
radioAdaptationYear 1938 ⓘ
resolutionDevice Martians killed by terrestrial microbes ⓘ
settingLocation England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Surrey ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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Herbert George Wells → notableWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Byfleet → mentionedIn → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Steven Spielberg → notableWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
this entity surface form: War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds → notableAdaptation → The War of the Worlds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)
The War of the Worlds → hasSequelInSpirit → The War of the Worlds self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Worlds (various unofficial sequels)
The Island of Doctor Moreau → relatedWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Woking → knownFor → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Woking → inspiredWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
John Houseman → produced → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Worlds (radio drama)
Orson Welles → notableWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the Worlds (radio drama)
Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre → notableWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
subject surface form: Mercury Theatre
this entity surface form: The War of the Worlds (radio drama)
Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre → knownFor → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
subject surface form: Mercury Theatre
this entity surface form: The War of the Worlds broadcast panic
Cavorite → relatedWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Pearson's Magazine → notableWorkPublished → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Martians → appearsIn → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
The War of the Worlds (1953 film) → basedOn → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
War of the Worlds (2005 film) → basedOn → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds → basedOn → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
Collins Classics series → workIncluded → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
H. G. Wells bibliography → includesWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
The War of the Worlds tripod statue → commemorates → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
this entity surface form: novel "The War of the Worlds"
The War of the Worlds tripod statue → associatedWith → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The War of the Worlds"
Niall Ferguson → notableWork → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
this entity surface form: The War of the World
WOKING → hasNotableWorkSetThere → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
subject surface form: Woking
Josh Friedman → notableForAdaptationOf → The War of the Worlds ⓘ
this entity surface form: H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds