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By: srikanth

srikanth — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:45:34 +0000

@Dibyo: Just the fact that it’s Welles doesn’t make it truly noteworthy, and neither does the fact that it’s War Of The Worlds. What made it stand out was that people thought it is _real_.

WOTW did not become famous because of this incident. It is/was an amazing work of science fiction in its own right, and was recognized as such by readers. Welles, however, gained a lot of fame for this, but a star’s rise to fame isn’t the kind of material that interests BB :)

However, I do agree that the question’s wording was slightly ambiguous, hence the points to everyone who has mentioned Welles.

By: Dibyo

Dibyo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:25:08 +0000

I’m cribbing here, but you asked for claim to fame, which I was right about. I assumed that people panicked was why War of the Worlds itself is famous. It’s the equivalent of saying, that’s a picture of Don Bradman, and not mentioning that he has the highest test batting average, no?

By: piezocake

piezocake — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:12:32 +0000

It must be noted that MP3 downloads are blocked here during daytime, and I had to answer :).

By: RajT

RajT — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:40:11 +0000

This is one of Mercury Theater’s false news like announcements of Martian invasions and the like on Radio. H.G.Well’s War of the Worlds funda

By: Ajay Parasuram

Ajay Parasuram — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:38:50 +0000

Orson Welles’ ” War of the Worlds ” was revealed as fiction which relieved millions of Americans of the reported Martian Landings somewhere in New Jersey.

By: Ajay Parasuram

Ajay Parasuram — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:36:48 +0000

Orson Welles\’ \

By: yaksha

yaksha — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:51:14 +0000

H.G. Wells alien-invasion novel, “The War of the Worlds”

“War of the Worlds” became permanently etched in the American popular psyche when actor and director, Orson Welles, broadcasted his radio play from the Mercury Theater in 1938

By: Ginkgo100

Ginkgo100 — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:47:57 +0000

Oh, that’s got to be the Halloween War of the Worlds broadcast that fooled half the United States!

By: udupendra

udupendra — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:04:13 +0000

Don’t Panic – it’s only Orson Welles reading of HG Wells’ War of the Worlds on radio.

By: duriel

duriel — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:13:04 +0000

War of the Worlds Halloween radio prank.

Orson Welles spooked millions of radio listeners with his “War of the Worlds” broadcast [October 30th]. Many who did not hear the “only fiction” disclaimers fled their homes to avoid imminent gas attack by marauding Martians who had landed in Grovers Mill, N.J., creating traffic jams and sending dozens to the hospital for shock and hysteria.

http://www.astrobio.net/news/m.....8;sid=1135