War of the Worlds revisited
The power of the internet brings two wonderful versions of WotW straight to your computer.
First, download the original unedited radio broadcast from 1938 here. It includes some interesting added features such as an interview with Orson Welles the day after the original broadcast. The download costs $12.95 or order a CD for $19.95
Second, you may read the whole original novel online free of charge. Find the book in its entirety here.
Enjoy!
First, download the original unedited radio broadcast from 1938 here. It includes some interesting added features such as an interview with Orson Welles the day after the original broadcast. The download costs $12.95 or order a CD for $19.95
Second, you may read the whole original novel online free of charge. Find the book in its entirety here.
Enjoy!
blogged up by Cheryl at 11:43:00 PM
2 Comments:
I had forgotten the "Black Smoke" of Wells' original text. Hard to believe that a sci fi story 115 years old still holds up as well as this one does. Still, you cannot help but notice some of the flaws in this original story that carried over to the movie. Could the movie been made as a "period piece" from 1894 England and made it as historical science fiction? They certainly did that with both versions of "The Time Machine" and it worked well. Oh well.. Finally, the scenes in the farmhouse common to all three vehicles (novel and both movies) is still moving and creepy, if for no other reason Wells oughta get a posthumous Hugo award for creating this particular scene. Thanks for the quick refresher Cheryl.. I appreciated it.
DARK HORSE Comics is also doing a cool web comic of the original story Here.
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