Doctor Clayton Forrester (The War of the Worlds) Doctor Clayton Forrester (The War of the Worlds) Doctor Clayton Forrester is a fictional character in George Pal's 1953 science fiction film "The War of the Worlds", the first film adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel of the same name. The Forrester character is played by actor Gene Barry. The film takes several liberties with the novel's source material. Rather than taking place in early 20th century England, the film is set in mid-20th century southern California. Dr. Clayton Forrester is the film's main character, taking up the role assumed by two (unnamed) brothers in Wells' original novel. Forrester
The Worlds of Shadow The Worlds of Shadow The Worlds of Shadow is a fantasy novel trilogy by Lawrence Watt-Evans. There are three worlds in the story. There is a fantasy world where magic works and the planet is literally the centre of the universe, a science fiction world containing "faster than light" travel and blaster technology and finally the real world set in the present day. This allows the story to combine elements of science fiction and fantasy. Pel's world is in the midst of a war between two other worlds which is now spilling into his own world, but in each of