War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches Wells and several other fictional and historical characters. "Global Dispatches" was one of the works consulted by Stephen Baxter for his own sequel to "The War of the Worlds", "The Massacre of Mankind". War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches is a 1996 science fiction anthology, edited by Kevin J. Anderson and published by American company Bantam Spectra. It is a tribute to H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds"; each story envisions a famous individual's reactions to the Martian invasion and the impact of the invasion on a different part of the world.
The War of the Worlds (1953 film) machines have a quality of real terror, their sinister apparitions, prowlings and pulverisings are spectacularly well done, and the scenes of panic and destruction are staged with real flair". Richard L. Coe of "The Washington Post" called it "to put it gently, terrific," and "for my money, the 'King Kong' of its day". "The War of the Worlds" won an Academy Award for Special Effects (it was the sole nominee that year). Everett Douglas was nominated for Film Editing, while the Paramount Studio Sound Department and Loren L. Ryder were nominated for Sound, Recording. "The War of the Worlds" still