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Loading... The panic broadcast; portrait of an event (1970)by Howard Koch
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a reprint of Orson Welles' radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' story "The War of the Worlds". Many radio listeners thought the broadcast was indeed a live news event, as it was played, and panic ensued across the country. The book also includes an interview with Arthur C. Clarke, photographs, cartoons, and newspaper articles about the amazing event. no reviews | add a review
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Two notable chapters are "The Aftermath," which details the response of both the public at large and of individuals who were listening to the presentation, and "A Martian Visits the Scene of His Crime," in which Mr. Koch and his wife travel to Grover's Mill to hear first-hand accounts of the townspeople who have lived in a place he accidentally made legendary. The final two chapters are dated now as they include speculation on colonizing Mars (by the 1980s, predicts Arthur C. Clarke in the book's introduction!) and an enthusiastic thumbs-up to "today's youth," namely the Woodstock generation, who Koch watched grow up and who he hopes might bring about permanent world peace sometime. The latter feels like a rabbit trail from the book's purpose (psychedelic cover notwithstanding), but on the whole this obscure little collection of archives and musings is well worth reading for anyone interested in the main topic. ( )