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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Holmsten, Brian & Lubertozzi, Alex, eds. The Complete War of the Worlds: Mars' Invasion of Earth from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles. Naperville, Illinois: Sourcebooks MediaFusion, 2001. Hardcover with dust jacket. Foreword by Ray Bradbury; afterword by Ben Bova; narrated by John Callaway. Includes sealed audio CD in original case affixed inside front cover. A visually rich and conceptually ambitious tribute to both H.G. Wells? 1898 novel and Orson Welles? legendary 1938 radio broadcast, this large-format volume combines fiction, history, and media scholarship in a single immersive package. The text presents Wells's The War of the Worlds in full, complete with original magazine illustrations, paired with rare photos and transcripts from the Mercury Theatre on the Air's dramatization that famously triggered national panic. Commentary by science-fiction luminaries Ray Bradbury and Ben Bova frames the work within the lineage of modern speculative storytelling and media influence. The accompanying compact disc (still unopened and attached) features Orson Welles's original CBS broadcast, his next-day press conference, and a later discussion between Wells and Welles about the panic they sparked. An archival gem for collectors of both literature and broadcasting history. Edition and condition: First printing, per number line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Large 4to (10 × 10 in.). Bound in black boards with metallic copper spine lettering. Condition: Fine/Near Fine, the book pristine with tight binding, bright pages, and an unopened audio CD; dust jacket shows only light shelfwear and faint surface rubs. An exceptional, giftworthy copy. H.G. Wells (1866-1946) was an English novelist and futurist best known for pioneering modern science fiction through works like The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. His imagination and social foresight shaped an entire genre. Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor, director, and innovator, became a legend after his 1938 radio adaptation of War of the Worlds provoked mass hysteria, later cementing his fame with Citizen Kane. Brian Holmsten and Alex Lubertozzi, editors and media historians, compiled this comprehensive edition linking literary and broadcast history, while science-fiction icons Ray Bradbury and Ben Bova provide contextual essays underscoring the story's enduring cultural resonance.…