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Earth invaded by Mars Millions incinerated by heat ray Panic grips nation as Martian tripods advance on Washington Remember the headlines? They said it wouldn't happen here, and then, wave after wave, the Martians attacked the Earth with a vengeance. H.G. Wells' great novel, The War of the Worlds, chronicled the first wave. Then Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast, followed by George Pal's 1953 movie. The Martians kept coming This book is a tribute to Wells and those radio, television, comic book, and film adaptations that have been inspired by it. This second edition includes material on the Steven Spielberg blockbuster (with Tom Cruise), the two Pendragon adaptations, Mars Attacks, Independence Day, The Great Martian War 1913-1917, War of the Worlds: Goliath, the 2019 BBC miniseries, the 2019 8-part Fox-Studio Canal series, and plenty more... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945WaarderingGemiddelde: Geen beoordelingen.Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |
But it's not a matter of space, because Flynn has enough room to recap the original novel chapter-by-chapter. This is for all those people interested in The War of the Worlds who haven't read the book, I guess? But that is by no means his most egregious waste of space. There also also chapters devoted to the television series V (on the basis that it has aliens coming to Earth), a listing of definitive movies involving aliens (where one movie is criticized as being derivative of Alien-- which isn't on the list!), a two-page overview of science fiction cinema (oh so useful), and alien abduction/UFO conspiracies (which Flynn obviously believes in). The more I read of this book, the angrier I got. He never cites sources for any of his increasingly bizarre information. When pointing out mistaken lines in the 1953 film, he continuously refers to the actors' ignorance, as if they somehow were responsible for their own dialogue. And he even whips out the term "gorilla warfare" at one point. (And no, he's not taking about Beneath the Planet of the Apes.) I want to know how this man ever got short-listed for three Hugos (for his fanfiction apparently). Or how he ever got a doctorate in anything. Or how he apparently works as a writing instructor. I'd ask how he got this piece of crap published, but I know the answer-- he owns the publishing company, and it publishes nothing other than books by him.
* Everything I read about The War of the Worlds totally overlooks the fact that it was originally published in serial form in 1897. It's an 1897 novel, damnit!