The War of the Worlds Random Reader
For my own part, I had been feverishly excited all day. Something very like the war fever that occasionally runs through a civilised community had got into my blood, and in my heart I was not so very sorry that I had to return to Maybury that night. I was even afraid that that last fusillade I had heard might mean the extermination of our invaders from Mars. I can best express my state of mind by saying that I wanted to be in at the death.
The War of the Worlds [Project Gutenberg copy]
Dr. Zeus sports an impressive collection of book covers of the H.G. Wells classic, representing "a huge swath of graphic design, from 1898 to the present, across languages and through the effects of radio, movie, musical, and television re-interpretations."
Study guide prepared by the Department of English, Washington State University
Lord Byron's The Destruction of Sennacherib
Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech at Bear's Paw Battle
Script of the 1938 radio broadcast performed by Orson Wells & the Mercury Theatre
Recording of the 1938 radio broadcast [Real Audio]
NYT article reporting the pandemonium that ensued after the 1938 radio broadcast
Obit of Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli
NASA Center for Mars Exploration
The Mercury Theatre on the Air features full audio clips from all their radio broadcasts
I used "The War of the Worlds" for three papers in high school, college, and university.
Posted by: Darryl Pearce | 29 June 2005 at 12:20
They did a variant of the WOTW theme at my alma mater many moons ago, on the campus radio station.
The plotline was ripped off from "Night of the Living Dead"--zombies animated from strange meteors hitting graveyards. It was 'taking place' in Ohio, where some of the students hailed from, and the FCC got involved afterwards.
Posted by: The Dark Avenger | 02 July 2005 at 22:41
I maintain a large War Of The Worlds site that might be of interest:
http://www.war-ofthe-worlds.co.uk
Hope you enjoy.
John
Posted by: John Gosling | 05 February 2007 at 08:15