![]() ![]() They are not super beings, but bodiless heads, barely able to move because the atmosphere of Earth is so much thicker than that of their own planet. ![]() Wells, who had an intense interest in science from an early age, created his Martian invaders with a strict sense of the laws of biology and physics. Like the radio program, much of the novel takes its power from appearing to be real. Until the night of that broadcast, few people realized the power of broadcast media to make whole populations feel powerless when faced with breaking events. The Mercury Theatre on the Air, headed by twenty-three-year-old Orson Welles, broadcast over the radio an adaptation of the book that was so realistic that it caused widespread public panic, mob violence, and looting. In 1938, it became part of one of the greatest and most horrifying media events of all times. The story has become an integral part of our culture, frequently retold in graphic novels and films. A century later, it has never been out of print. Wells's science fiction masterpiece The War of the Worlds was originally published in Pierson's magazine in 1897 and was issued as a novel the following year. ![]()
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