War of the Worlds: Mars' Invasion of Earth, Inciting Panic and Inspiring Terror from H.G. Wells to Orson Welles and Beyond

Winner of the 2001 Book of the Year Award by Foreword Magazine for Pop Culture, The War of the Worlds has been revised and updated for this new paperback edition. The audio CD includes the complete 1938 Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast, along with Orson Welles’s press conference from the next day, a rare interview between Orson Welles and H.G. Wells and clips from a later version of "War of the Worlds." The book includes the story behind the "Panic Broadcast," the radio play script, biographical information on H.G. and Orson and the complete text of H.G. Wells’s classic, "The War of the Worlds"—in addition, the book features lavish black-and-white and color photographs and illustrations.

Alex Lubertozzi is the coauthor of World War II on the Air and the editorial manager of Sourcebooks MediaFusion.

Brian Holmsten has written numerous magazine articles as well as television and video scripts, and also teaches communications at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois.

Foreword: Ray Bradbury Afterword: Ben Bova