The war of the worlds / (Record no. 128796)
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| LC control number | 96043700 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 0486295060 (pbk.) |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780486295060 (pbk.) |
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| System control number | (Sirsi) i9780486295060 |
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| System control number | (Sirsi) i9780486295060 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)35450565 |
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| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| Modifying agency | OCLCQ |
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| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE | |
| Geographic area code | zma---- |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) | |
| Holding library | VF$A |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR 5774 |
| Item number | .W3 1997 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wells, H. G. |
| Fuller form of name | (Herbert George), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1866-1946. |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The war of the worlds / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | H.G. Wells. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Mineola, N.Y. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Dover Publications, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1997. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 145 p. ; |
| Dimensions | 21 cm. |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Dover thrift editions |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Coming of the martians: Eve of the war -- Falling-star -- On horsell common -- Cylinder opens -- Heat-ray -- Heat-ray in the Chobham Road -- How I reached home -- Friday night -- Fighting begins -- In the storm -- At the window -- What I saw of the destruction of Weybridge and Shepperton -- How I fell in the curate -- In London -- What had happened in Surrey -- Exodus from London -- "Thunder Child" -- Earth under the martians: Under foot -- What we saw from the ruined house -- Days of imprisonment -- Death of the curate -- Stillness -- Work of fifteen days -- Man on putney hill -- Dead London -- Wreckage -- Epilogue. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | H.G. Wells' "scientific romance, " published first in serial form and then as a book in 1898, attained perhaps its greatest fame in another form, the infamous realistic 1939 radio broadcast "Invasion from Mars" by Orson Welles. It was also made into an early 1950s science fiction adventure movie. Stover (emeritus, Illinois Institute of Technology) describes Wells' story as "a prophecy of startling originality foreseeing the coming of totalitarianism in the 20th century" (from the introduction). The War of the Worlds is presented as a profoundly ideological philosophical tale, with the world of the Martians representing the progressive future of humanity in a cultural war with our world of tradition and reaction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Mars (Planet) |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Imaginary wars and battles |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Martians |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Diseases |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME | |
| Geographic name | Earth (Planet) |
| General subdivision | Invasions |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Space vehicles |
| Form subdivision | Fiction. |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Science fiction. |
| 655 #0 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | War stories. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Science fiction. |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Dover thrift editions. |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hgwells.htm">http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/hgwells.htm</a> |
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| Materials specified | Publisher description |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover032/96043700.html">http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover032/96043700.html</a> |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Total checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Storms Research Center | Storms Research Center | Main Collection | 10/28/2025 | PR 5774 .W3 1997 | 98640075 | 10/28/2025 | 8.40 | 10/28/2025 | Book |