- Ann Patchett.
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells.
First published 1898.
ISBN 10: 0451522761
ISBN 13: 9780451522764
Description:
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own....
So begins The War of the Worlds, the science fiction classic that first proposed the possibility of intelligent life on other planets and has enthralled readers for generations. This compelling tale describes the Martian invasion of earth. When huge, tireless creatures land in England, complete chaos erupts. Using their fiery heat rays and crushing strength, the aliens just may succeed in silencing all opposition. Is life on earth doomed? Will mankind survive? A timeless view of a universe turned upside down, The War of the Worlds is an ingenious and imaginative look into the possibilities of the future and the secrets yet to be revealed.
Credits:
Books, short stories and screenplays:
30 Eternal Masterpieces of Humorous Stories (2019); 30 Occult & Supernatural Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die (2019); 50 Great Short Stories (1952); A Dream of Armageddon (1901); A Modern Utopia (1905); A Modern Utopia and Other Discussions (1925); A Short History of the World (1922); A Story Of The Days To Come (1897); A Vision of Judgment (2022); A Volume of Journalism (1999); Adventure Stories for Boys and Girls (1985); Aepyornis Island (2022); Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Bar The Doors (1946); All Aboard for Ararat (1940); Amazing Stories, February 1929 (2014); An Englishman Looks at the World (1914); Ann Veronica (1909); Anticipations (1901); Apropos of Dolores (1938); Autocracy of Mr. Parham (1930); Babes in the Darkling Wood (1940); Bealby: A Holiday (1915); Boon (1915); Boon, the Mind of the Race (1915); Brynhild (1937); Bulpington of Blup (1930); Certain Personal Matters (1897); Christina Alberta's Father (1925); Classic Martian Stories (2014); Classic Tales of Horror (2020); Collected Short Stories (2008); Contact: Stories of the New World (2013); Crux Ansata (1943); Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction (1975); Elements of Reconstruction (1916); Experiment in Autobiography (1934); Experiment in Autobiography, Vol. 2 (1984); First and Last Things (1908); Floor Games (1911); Frank Swinnerton (1975); God the Invisible King (1917); Great Classic Science Fiction (2010); Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror (1931); H.G. Wells in Love (1934); In the Days of the Comet & Seventeen Short Stories (1999); In the Days of the Comet (1906); In The Fourth Year (1918); Interviews and Recollections (1981); Joan and Peter: A Story of an Education (1918); Kipps (1905); Little Wars (1913); Little Wars and Floor Games (2006); Lost Mars (2018); Love and Mr. Lewisham (1899); Mankind in the Making (1903); Marriage (1912); Meanwhile the Picture of a Lady (1927); Men Like Gods (1923); Mind at the End of Its Tether (1945); Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928); Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916); Mr. Ledbetter's Vacation (1898); Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland (1903); Mysterious Sea Stories (1987); New Worlds for Old (1908); Over the Rainbow (1983); Rivals of Sherlock Holmes (1979); Science Fiction Stories (1988); Select Conversations with an Uncle (Now Extinct) and Two Other Reminiscences (1895); Star Begotten (1937); Tainted: Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (2008); Tales of Space and Time (1899); Tales of the Occult (1989); Tales of the Weird and Supernatural (2011); Tales of Wonder (1910); The Argonauts of the Air & 15 Short Stories (2015); The Best Crime Stories Ever Told (2002); The Best Short Stories of H.G. Wells (2015); The Brothers (1938); The Camford Visitation (1937); The Campfire Collection (2003); The Chronic Argonauts (1888); The Complete Short Stories (1927); The Conquest of Time (1942); The Conquest of Time and The Happy Turning (2002); The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 2 (1997); The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 3 (1997); The Correspondence of H G Wells, Vol. 4 (1997); The Correspondence of H.G. Wells (1996); The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories (1909); The Croquet Player (1936); The Crystal Egg (1897); The Crystal Egg and Other Tales (1897); The Desert Daisy (1957); The Discovery of the Future (1902); The Door in the Wall (1906); The Door in the Wall? And Other Stories (2017); The Dream (1924); The Empire of the Ants and Other Stories (1977); The Fate of Homo Sapiens / The Fate of Man (1939); The First Men in the Moon (1901); The Flowering of the Strange Orchid (1894); The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904); The Future in America (1906); The Grisly Folk, and the Wild Asses of the Devil (2008); The History of Mr Polly (1910); The Holy Terror (1939); The Invisible Man (1897); The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896); The King Who Was a King (1929); The Magic Shop (1903); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1898); The Man With a Nose (1984); The Martian Invasion of Earth (1898); The Moth and Other Stories (1962); The New Accelerator (2017); The New Machiavelli (1911); The New World Order (1939); The Obliterated Man (2022); The Outline of History (1919); The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993); The Passionate Friends (1913); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); The Plattner Story (1896); The Plattner Story and Others (1897); The Pocket Book of Mystery Stories (1941); The Red Room and Other Stories (2000); The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes / The Story of Davidson's Eyes (1895); The Research Magnificent (1915); The Salvaging of Civiization (1921); The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A (1973); The Science of Life (1929); The Sea Lady (1902); The Sea-Raiders (1897); The Secret Places of the Heart (1922); The Shape of Things to Come (1933); The Sixth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1970); The Sleeper Awakes (1911); The Soul of a Bishop (1917); The Star (1897); The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1896); The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost (1902); The Time Machine (1895); The Time Traveler's Almanac (2013); The Treasure in the Forest (1894); The Triumphs of a Taxidermist (1894); The Undying Fire (1919); The Valley of Spiders (1903); The War in the Air (1908); The War of the Worlds (1898); The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives (2005); The Wealth of Mr. Waddy (1969); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Wheels of Chance (1896); The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914); The Wonderful Visit (1895); The World of William Clissold (1926); The World Set Free (1914); Thirty Strange Stories (1897); This Misery of Boots (1907); Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow... (1974); Tono-Bungay (1909); Twelve Stories and a Dream (1906); Ugh-Lomi and the Cave Bear (2016); Under the Knife (2022); War and the Future / Italy, France and Britain at War (1917); War Stories (1987); Washington and the Riddle of Peace / Washington and the Hope of Peace (1922); What is Coming? (1916); When the Sleeper Wakes / The Sleeper Awakes (1899); World Brain (1938); World's Great Mystery Stories (1943); You Can't Be Too Careful (1941).
Album:
Jeff Wayne's
Musical Version of The War of the Worlds (1978).
Movies and television:
A Brief
History of Time Travel (2018); A Trip to the Moon (1902); Actor's Studio
(1948); Alien Conquest (2021); Ancient Aliens (2022); Ann Veronica (1964);
Armchair Theatre (1957); BBC Play of the Month (1966); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
(1950–1952); BBC: The Voice of Britain (1935); Blue Bottles (1928); Bud Abbott
and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951); Chapter 9 (2019); Charmed
Lives: A Family Romance (2024); Christmas Tales (1990–1991); Cineficción Radio
(2019); Das Land der Blinden oder Von einem der auszog (1976); Day-Dreams
(1928); Dead of Night (1945); Deadly Tales (1998); Deadly Tales / Segment:
Crystal Glazing (1998); Dr. Jekyll Meets the Invisible Man (1977); Dr. Moreau
(2022); Empire of the Ants (1977); Endgame (2007); First Men in the Moon
(1964); First Men on the Moon (2019); First Person (1960); Gemini Man (1976);
Google and the World Brain (2013); Görünmeyen adam Istanbul'da (1955); H.G.
Wells Comedies (1928); H.G. Wells: The Father of Science Fiction (2005); H.G.
Wells's the Country of the Blind (2014); Half a Sixpence (1967); Have You Got
Any Castles? (1938); History's Mysteries (1999); How to Become a Tyrant (2021);
How to Lose Weight (1986); Il giustiziere invisibile (1916); In Search of...
(1982); Invisible Agent (1942); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Jeff Wayne's
Musical Version of the War of the Worlds: Minigame Adventure / Video Game
(2011); Jeff Wayne's the War of the Worlds (1998); Kipps (1921 / 1960); La
cometa Naranja (1974); La femme invisible (2011); La merveilleuse visite (1974);
La Venere d'Ille (1981); Let's Make a Musical (1977); Love and Mr Lewisham
(1959 / 1972); Marriage (1927); Matinee Theatre (1957); Miss Winchelsea's Heart
(2023); Mr. Paracelsus, Who Are You? (1966); Mr. Skelmersdale in Fairyland
(2023); Mutant League Football (1993); NASA's Unexplained Files (2019); Night
of the Invisible Man (2009); Nová metoda malíre Smithe (1973); O Contador de
Histórias (1955); Out of Place Podcast (2020); Overlap (2006); Parlez-moi de
Vous (2023); Post Tenebras Lux (2017); Prophets of Science Fiction (2006);
Riding with Death (1976); Siesta Z (2017); Spine Chillers (1980); Suspense
(1963); Tales of Tomorrow (1951); Television Theater (1957); Terror Is a Man
(1959); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Battle of Grovers Mill (2024);
The Beautiful Suit by H.G. Wells (2022); The Button (1982); The Complete
Citizen Kane (1991); The Door (2011); The Door in the Wall (1956 / 1990); The
DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Empire Strikes Door (2019); The Erotic Time
Machine (2002); The Final Redpill (2022); The First Men in the Moon (1919 /
1997 / 2010); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Golden Twenties (1950); The
Greatest Canadian (2004); The History of Mr Polly (2007 / 1949 / 1959 / 1980);
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells (2001); The Invisible Man (1933 / 1975 / 1984
/ 1985 / 1998 / 2000 / 2015 / 2020); The Invisible Man / TV Series (1958–1959);
The Invisible Man Returns (1940); The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944); The
Invisible Thief (1909); The Island of Doctor Agor (1971); The Island of Dr.
Moreau (1977 / 1996); The Island of the Lost (1921); The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003); The Magic Shop (1980 / 1982); The Magic Shop by
H.G. Wells (2022); The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936); The Man Who Knew How
to Work Miracles (1969); The New Adventures of the Time Machine (2000); The
Nightmare Worlds of H.G. Wells (2016); The Passionate Friends (1922); The
Passionate Friends (1949); The Red Room / Podcast Series (2024); The Red Room:
A H.G. Wells Adaptation (2023); The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941); The Shape of
Things to Come (1979); The Stolen Body by H.G. Wells (2022); The Story of the
Inexperienced Ghost (2023); The Time Machine (1949 / 1960 / 1978 / 1997 /
2002); The Tonic (1928); The Truth About Pyecraft (1959); The Twentieth Century
(1961); The Twilight People (1972); The Unforeseen (1959); The UnXplained
(2021); The War of the Worlds (1953 / 1967 / 2005 / 2014 / 2019); The War of
the Worlds 2021 (2021); The War of the Worlds: Great Books (1994); The War of
the Worlds: Next Century (1981); The Wheels of Chance (1922); Theatre
Fantastique (2017); They Forgot to Read the Directions (1924); Things to Come
(1936); Time Machine: Rise of the Morlocks (2011); Time Machine: The Journey
Back (1993); Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez (2004); Village of the Giants
(1965); War of the Servers (2007); War of the Worlds (2005 / 2013 / 2019 /
2020); War of the Worlds (Is What It Is Theatre) (2001); War of the Worlds / TV
Series (1988–1990); War of the Worlds / Video Game (1981); War of the Worlds 2:
The Next Wave (2008); War of the Worlds the True Story (2012); War of the
Worlds: Goliath (2012); We're All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel) (2022); What
Lies Beneath (2008); Wishbone (1995); World War Weird (2018); Your Favorite
Story (1954).
Credits:
Books:
A Death Before Dying (1990); Aftershock (1975);
Bernhardt's Edge (1988); Calculated Risk (1995); Dark House, Dark Road (1982);
Dead Aim (1971); Dead Center (1992); Doctor, Lawyer.... (1976); Except for the
Bones (1991); Find Her a Grave (1993); Full Circle (1994); Hiding Place (1973);
Hire a Hangman (1991); Long Way Down (1975); Mankiller (1980); McCloud (1973);
Night Games (1986); Power Plays (1979); Silent Witness (1990); Spellbinder
(1981); Stalking Horse (1982); Swallow's Fall (1987); Switchback (1993); The
Black Door (1967); The Disappearance (1970); The Faceless Man (1975); The
Lonely Hunter (1969); The New Mexico Connection (1974); The Pariah (1988); The
Third Figure (1967); The Third Victim (1977); The Watcher (1978); Twospot
(1978); Victims (1985).
Credits:
7th Heaven
(2004); A Civil Action (1998); Ally McBeal (1999); Becker (2001); Blue Steel
(1990); Bones (2006); Boston Public (2002); Bound (1996); Break Even (2020);
Claire (2007); Criminal Minds (2014); Crossing Jordan (2002); Dellaventura
(1997); Dexter (2009); Dish: Gossip in Hollywood (2002); Doubt (2017); Eddie
Dodd (1991); Em & Me (2004); Empire City (1992); Entertainment Tonight
(2022); ER (1995–1996); Farscape (1999); Gideon's Crossing (2001); Good vs Evil
(1999); Graham (1992); Gridiron Gang (2006); Hope & Gloria (1996); In the
Blink of an Eye (1996); Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995); Joan of Arcadia
(2004); Judging Amy (2001); Jumbo Girl (2004); Just Looking (1995); K-PAX
(2001); Law & Order (1993–1999); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
(2005); Lie to Me (2009); Lloyd (2001); Lost (2009); Love Potion No. 9 (1992);
Monk (2005); Mr. Saturday Night (1992); Nash Bridges (1996–1997); Nip/Tuck
(2005); North Shore (2004); NYPD Blue (1994–1998); Out of the Rain (1991);
Paradise, FL (2015); Pet Pals (2014); Philly (2002); Philly Heat (1994); Pizza
Time (2006); Poker Night (2000); Profiler (1999); Prom Night (2008); Ray
Donovan (2013); Rude Awakening (2000); Saint Sinner (2002); Saving Grace
(2009); Secrets and Lies (2015); Shameless (2013); Spicy City (1997); Star
Trek: Enterprise (2004); Stranger Inside (2001); Swedish Auto (2006); Switched
at Birth (1999); That's Life (2001); The Guardian (2004); The Handler
(2003–2004); The Hard Way (1991); The Huntress (2001); The Mortality of Sara
Lenson (2014); The Practice (2001); The Preppie Murder (1989); The Problem with
Percival (2006); The Sphere and the Labyrinth (2015); The Visitor (1998); The
West Wing (2001); Third Watch (2001); True Colors (1991); Undoing (2006); What
Kind of Mother Are You? (1996); Without a Trace (2004); Woodie's Kitchen
(2011).
directed
by Sidney Lumet,
written
by Frank Pierson,
based
on the article The Boys in the Bank by P. F. Kluge and Thomas Moore,
published
in the September 1972 edition of Life magazine,
was
released in the United States on September 21, 1975.
directed
by J. Lee Thompson,
written by John M. Crowther and David Lee Henry, and based on the novel by R. Lance Hill,
was
released in the United States on September 21, 1984.
Music
by Ken Thorne.