Mars in culture by its dramatic red color and by nineteenth century scientific speculations that its surface conditions not only might support life, but intelligent life. Thus originated a large number of science fiction scenarios, among which is H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds", published in 1898, in which Martians seek to escape their dying planet by invading Earth. A subsequent US radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds" on October 30, 1938 by Orson Welles was presented as a live news broadcast, and became notorious for causing a public panic when many listeners mistook it for the truth. Influential
H. G. Wells (crater) crater valleys. This rugged surroundings intrudes only part way into the interior, while the remaining floor is relatively level and in some places gently rolling. The interior is marked only by a multitude of tiny craterlets. The writer H. G. Wells earned the right to have a Moon crater named after him by his well-known science fiction, including the novel "The First Men in the Moon". By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to H. G. Wells. H. G. Wells (crater) H. G. Wells