The Complete War of The Worlds
Brian Holmsten,Alex Lubertozzi
Language: English
Published by Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2001
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256 pages. Includes audio CD.In 1898, H.G. Wells wanted to find out what it would be like if an intelligen t race of Martians turned the tables on Victorian England by conquering and colo nizing the world's greatest empire. For readers around the world, The War of the Worlds elicited their darkest, deepest fears. In 1938, Orson Welles and his Mer cury Theatre on the Air adapted the H.G. Wells novel to radio and used that medi um's immediacy, along with a series of realistic newsflashes as part of the stor y, to drive more than a million people mad with terror. Orson Welles said he wan ted people to understand that.they shouldn't swallow everything that came thro ugh the tap, whether it was radio or not. He succeeded beyond his wildest expect ations, while claiming absolute innocence the next day. The Panic Broadcast, as it would be known, became the most notorious radio broadcast in history. The Com plete War of the Worlds tells the story behind the story-how H.G. Wells' tale of Martian invasion captured the imagination of Orson Welles, and how the book and the broadcast went on to inspire hundreds of imitators. In this book and audio CD, you will hear the actual 1938 Orson Welles broadcast, read the original book by H.G. Wells and the radio play by Howard Koch, and see the people, places and things that turned a story into a legend. Editorial Reviews From Publishers W eekly Here's a nifty pairing H.G. Wells's classic 1897 SF novel, The War of the Worlds, including the original magazine illustrations, together with Howard Koch 's radio play adaptation made famous by Orson Welles in his October 30, 1938, br oadcast, which fooled thousands of listeners into thinking the East Coast was un der Martian attack. In addition to a foreword by Ray Bradbury and an afterword b.…
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- Title
- The Complete War of The Worlds
- Author
- Brian Holmsten,Alex Lubertozzi
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks MediaFusion
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1570717141
- ISBN 13
- 9781570717147
- Dimensions
- 24.1cm x 2.1cm x 26.7cm
- Seller catalogs
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