The movie “The War of the Worlds” (1953) was based on the novel by H G Wells. Screenplay written by Barre Lyndon. Directed by Byron Haskin. Produced by George Pal.
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For discussion of the “War of the Worlds” movie see the following:
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Baxter, John in his “Science Fiction in the Cinema” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 108 (in Chapter 9), 148-150 (in Chapter 12), 239-240 (in the “Select Filmography”) of the Zwemmer softcover edition. |
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Beckley, Timothy Green in “The Total UFO Story” (1979) (edited by Milt Machlin) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 283 (in Chapter 17, entitled “Flying Saucers In The Movies”) of the Dale paperback edition. |
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Bizony, Piers in his “The Exploration of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 13 (in the Foreword) of the Aurum softcover edition. |
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Boyce, Chris in a list entitled “A Checklist of Ets in the Cinema” in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in Appendix 1) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at page 152 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition. |
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Chambers, Paul in his “Life On Mars” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 201 (in Chapter 15) of the Blandford hardback edition. |
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Cousineau, Phil in his “UFOs: A Manual for the Millenium” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 67 (in Chapter 3) of the Harper Collins paperback edition. |
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di Fate, Vincent in his “The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51, 54, 55 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sci-Fi, Hokum and Barry Who? - The Golden Age of Science Fiction Movies”) of the Paper Tiger hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 133 (in Chapter 4) of the |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 263 (in Chapter 5) of the |
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Gross, Loren E in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 641 (in an entry entitled “War of the Worlds, The”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 627 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Gross, Loren E in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 769 (in an entry entitled “War of the Worlds, The”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 130 (in Chapter 5) of the |
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Kaveney, Roz in her “From Alien to The Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 39 (in Chapter 4) of the I B Taurus softcover edition. |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 641 (in the postscript to an entry entitled “War of the Worlds”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 628 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 769-770 (in the postscript to an entry entitled “War of the Worlds”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 475 (in an entry entitled “Reconnaissance Theory of UFOs”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 465 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 571-572 (in an entry entitled “Reconnaissance Theory of UFOs”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Miller, David and Gatiss, Mark in their “They Came From Outer Space : Alien Encounters in the Movies” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 22-23 of the Visual Imagination softcover edition. |
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Nesheim, Eric and Nesheim, Leif in their “Saucer Attack! : Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80, 90 of the General Publishing softcover edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in Chapter 4) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Architects of the Underworld” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 61 (in Chapter 2) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 198 (in Chapter 4) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 360 (in the first entry entitled “War of the Worlds, the”) of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in Chapter 2) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Siegel, Richard and Suares, Jean-Claude in their “Alien Creatures” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68, 80, 81, 82-83 (in Chapter 2), 116-117 (in Chapter 4), 154 (in the Afterword) of the Reed softcover edition. |
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Simon, Armando in “UFO Phenomena and the Behavioral Scientist” (1979) (edited by Richard F Haines) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 48 (and included at page |
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Spencer, John and Spencer, Anne in their “True Life Encounters – Alien Contact” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 234-235 (in Chapter 14) of the Millenium paperback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “The UFO Encyclopedia” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 270 (in an entry entitled “Science Fiction and UFOs”) of the Guild hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Avon softcover edition) at page 319 of the Headline paperback edition. |
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Spencer, John in his “UFOs: The Definitive Casebook” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 33 (in the unnumbered section entitled “ |
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Time-Life (Editors of) in “The UFO phenomenon: Mysteries of the Unknown” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 28, 30-31 (in Chapter 1) of the Time-Life Book hardback edition. |
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Tompkins, Bolyston in “Alien Creatures” (1978) (by Richard Siegel and Jean-Claude Suares) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 14-15, 23-24 (in the Introduction) of the Reed softcover edition. |
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Watson, Nigel in “UFO: 1947-1987” (1987) (edited by Hilary Evans with John Spencer) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 334 of the Fortean Tomes softcover edition (in Chapter 5.4, entitled “The Day Flying Saucers Invaded the Cinema”). |
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Watson, Nigel in “UFOs and Ufology – the first 50 years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) by Paul Devereux and Peter Brookesmith at page 40 (in Chapter 3) of the Blandford softcover edition. |
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