Waging The war of the worlds
Subtitle: a history of the 1938 radio broadcast and resulting panic, including the original script
By: John Gosling ; radio script by Howard Koch.
Contributors: Koch, Howard.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780786441051
Subjects: Welles, Orson, -- 1915-1985 -- Criticism and interpretation; War of the worlds (Radio program); Science fiction radio programs -- Psychological aspects; Radio audiences
Description: "This book examines the historic broadcast in-depth. Chapters also look at later broadcasts in the United States, Latin America, Brazil and Portugal, and address the likelihood that a similar panic could happen again. The original script of the 1938 The War of the Worlds radio broadcast, written by Howard Koch, is included"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
Table of contents: title: God of war : a brief history of Mars in the mind of man; title: Mars attacks : H.G. Wells declares war; title: Orson Welles : larger than life; title: Preparing to end the world : the making of the broadcast; title: War : 8 p.m., October 30, 1938; title: "It's just a radio show" : dispatches from the front lines; title: The fog of war : what really happened?; title: Smoke and mirrors : why the panic?; title: Animosities and rapprochements : the aftermath of war; title: The Latin American front : the Martians return; title: SOS from Caratinga : Brazil battles the Martians; title: The European theater of operations : paralysis in Portugal; title: "It's not a meteor, Henry" : the second American campaign; title: Mars 2, Brazil 0 : the siege of São Luís; title: Peril in Providence : the last American campaign; title: The final campaigns : Portugal 1988 and 1998; title: Remembering 1938 : an American myth; title: Envious eyes : could it happen again?