The War of the Worlds a faithful audio dramatisation of H. G. Wells' classic 1897 story, directed by Lisa Bowerman and adapted by Nick Scovell, will be released in July 2018 by Sherwood Sound Studios as a Collector's USB Edition, Limited Edition DVD, 2-Disc CD and Download format. It will be produced in native 5.1 surround sound. There is also a novel adaptation, set in Victorian Britain of 1898 about HMS "Thunder Child", called "The Last Days of Thunder Child" by C.A. Powell. The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first
The War of the Worlds (radio drama) during the Depression, badly damaging the newspaper industry. So the papers seized the opportunity presented by Welles’ program to discredit radio as a source of news. The newspaper industry sensationalized the panic to prove to advertisers, and regulators, that radio management was irresponsible and not to be trusted." Historical research suggests the panic was far less widespread than newspapers had indicated at the time. "[T]he panic and mass hysteria so readily associated with 'The War of the Worlds' did not occur on anything approaching a nationwide dimension", American University media historian W. Joseph Campbell wrote in 2003. He quotes Robert