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John Gosling

Waging the War of the Worlds

A History of the 1938 Radio Broadcast and Resultin

John Gosling

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English
Text Publishing Company
21 September 2009
Radio scripts; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Science fiction; Fantasy
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.
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Imprint:   Text Publishing Company
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 18mm
Weight:   454g
ISBN:   9780786441051
ISBN 10:   0786441054
Pages:   237
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print

John Gosling has written many articles for British science fiction magazines and runs a highly respected War of the Worlds website (www.war-of the-worlds.co.uk).

Reviews for Waging the War of the Worlds: A History of the 1938 Radio Broadcast and Resultin

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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