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'"The War of the Worlds" is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first serialized in 1897 by "Pearson's Magazine" in the UK and by "Cosmopolitan magazine" in the US. 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 to 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.' - Wikipedia