War of the Worlds, The

Starting with the initial serializations in US newspapers, Peter Beck examines the legendary 1938 radio adaptation of the H.G. Well's novel, TV and film adaptations, Jeff Wayne's rock opera and the numerous other works that have taken their inspiration from Wells's original novel.

Essay selection from the Gale eBook "Literature and Its Times" focusing on "The War of the Worlds." The entry examines both the historical setting of the literary work and the historical events taking place at the time the work was written.

This eBook provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on some of the most significant science fiction writers up to 1930, including H. G. Wells, by noted literature professor Harold Bloom.