num_pages: 200
description: The Martians Are Coming, Again! "Earth Invaded by Mars!" "Millions Incinerated by Heat-Ray!" "East Coast Cities in Flame!" "Panic Grips Nation as Martian Tripods Advance on Washington!" Remember the headlines? They said it wouldn't happen again! But then, we heard, the Martians were coming back...and most of us were not ready for them! War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg is a survival guide for those facing the next wave of the Martian invasion. Think you know what happened at Grover's Mill...think again! Find out the truth about the Orson Welles radio broadcast. Learn how George Pal kept Martians from destroying Hollywood. Discover what Steven Spielberg doesn't want you to know about close encounters with aliens. Uncover the secrets of Roswell and Area 51. And just how did H. G. Wells stop the Martian invasion single-handedly? The truth is not out there...but in this book. For more than a hundred years, readers, listeners, and moviegoers have been tantalized by the prospect of an invasion from Mars. When H. G. Wells first published The War of the Worlds in 1898, his Victorian audience responded very enthusiastically to the depth and resonance of the work because it reflected their fears and anxieties as they faced the turn of a new century. And while scenes of mass destruction and death are all too familiar to us in light of what happened on September 11, 2001, they were startlingly fresh and nightmarishly overpowering to those living in 1898. Thankfully, his Martian invasion was the stuff of fiction, not prophecy, and his invaders never arrived with their death rays, tripod machines, and poison gas. But that has not stopped his tale of interplanetary conflict from resonating with subsequent generations of people. From comic books to radio broadcasts, from movies and television to trading cards and record albums, the Martians keep coming back again...and again! This book is a tribute to H. G. Wells, his most famous novel, and those adaptations that have been inspired by it. Perfect bound, 8.5x11, 200 pages, fully illustrated with over 150 photos and illustrations.
language: English
title: War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg
titlecomplete: War of the Worlds: From Wells to Spielberg
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Galactic Books