Waging The War of the Worlds

A History of the 1938 Radio Broadcast and Resulting Panic, Including the Original Script

By: John Gosling, Howard Koch

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Paperback | 11 September 2009

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248 Pages

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25.4 x 17.78 x 1.32

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The 1938 Orson Welles broadcast of ""The War of the Worlds"" was a landmark in the history of entertainment, sparking a public hysteria in America and a series of subsequent broadcasts around the world that elicited similar responses. This book examines the historic broadcast indepth. It covers all aspects of the phenomenon including fascination with Mars; H.G. Wells' novel; Orson Welles and the making of the broadcast; initial reactions and the resulting 'fog of war'; anxieties underlying the panic; and the aftermath. 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.

Industry Reviews

"is brisk and straightforward...the author possesses a refreshing degree of knowledge about the UFO phenomenon"-International UFO Reporter; "definitive...deserves your attention and a place on your bookshelf"-SF Crowsnest.com; "while the American public is not likely to ever be fooled again by a broadcast, one sure way to cause a radio panic in 2009 would be to deprive the serious scholar or armchair enthusiast of their own copy of [this book]"-I Still Love Radio.

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