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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: war of the worlds
    sub title: from H. G. Wells to Orson Welles, Jeff Wayne, Steven Spielberg and beyond
  name:
    name part: Beck, Peter (Peter J.)
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2016
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xix, 383 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  abstract: First published in 1897, H.G. Wells's alien invasion narrative The War of the Worlds was a landmark work of science fiction and one that continues to be adapted and referenced in the 21st century. Chronicling the novel's contexts, its origins and its many multi-media adaptations, this book is a complete biography of the life and the afterlives of The War of the Worlds. Exploring the original text's compelling sense of place and vivid recreation of Wells's Woking home and the concerns of fin-de-siecle Britain, the book goes on to chart the novel's immediate international impact. Starting with the initial serialisations in American newspapers, Peter Beck goes on to examine Orson Welles's legendary 1938 radio adaptation, television and film adaptations from George Pal to Steven Spielberg, Jeff Wayne's rock opera and the numerous other works that have taken their inspiration from Wells's original. Drawing on new archival research, this is a comprehensive account of the continuing impact of The War of the Worlds.
  note: Peter J. Beck.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
      name part: 1866-1946
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
      name part: 1866-1946
    topic: Adaptations
  subject:
    name:
      name part: Welles, Orson
      name part: 1915-1985
    topic: Criticism and interpretation
  subject:
    title info:
      title: War of the worlds (Motion picture : 1953)
  subject:
    title info:
      title: War of the worlds (Radio program)
  subject:
    topic: Science fiction, English
    topic: History and criticism
  subject:
    topic: Imaginary wars and battles in literature
  classification: 823/.912
  identifier: 9781474229883
  identifier: 1474229883
  identifier: 9781474229876
  identifier: 1474229875
  identifier: 9781474229906
  identifier: 9781474229890
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 160617
    record change date: 20161003115406.0
    record identifier: in00003721113