The War of the Worlds

List of Tables
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Herbert George Wells: chronology
H.G. Wells: Books published, 1895-1900
Map: H.G. Wells and The War of the Worlds

Part I: Introduction
1. H.G. Wellsâs The War of the Worlds: an enduring
present-day story
2. Wellsâs powerful sense of place
3. Wellsâs strong sense of time: contextualising The War
of the Worlds

Part II: Writing and publishing The War of the Worlds
4.Wellsâs personal setting
5. Struggling for recognition as a new writer
6. Wellsâs âliterary factoryâ in Woking
7. Writing The War of the Worlds
8. The War of the Worlds: storyline and methodology
9. Leaving Woking for Worcester Park

Part III: Taking Wellsâs The War of the Worlds to the world in an
ever-expanding range of multimedia adaptations
10. The War of the Worldsâs multimedia afterlife
11. Wellsâs Martians invade Boston and New York: serialising
The War of the Worlds in American newspapers, 1897-98
12. Wellsâs Martians invade the USA yet again: Orson Wellesâ
1938 War of the Worlds broadcast
13. âThose Men from Marsâ invade the Americas and Europe again
and again after 1938: the power of radio drama
14. The War of the Worlds reaches cinema and television screens
around the world: the Hollywood films of 1953 and 2005
15. The War of the Worlds inspires Jeff Wayneâs rock opera and
reaches the music stage around the world

Part IV: The War of the Worldsâs Literary Heritage
16. The War of the Worldsâs literary heritage

Part V: Conclusion
17. Conclusion

Bibliography
Index