But who shall dwell in these worlds if they be inhabited? ... Are we or they Lords of the World? ... And how are all things made for man? ... Kepler (quoted in The Anatomy of Melancholy) --- The War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
Item Title [Portrait of Orson Welles]. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964, photographer. Created,Published, 1937 Mar. 1.
Notes: Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XVII K 27. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities, a LOT which in turn forms part of the Carl Van Vechten photograph collection (Library of Congress).
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Medium: 1 photographic print : gelatin silver. Call Number LOT 12735, no. 1177. REPRODUCTION NUMBER LC-USZ62-119765 DLC (b and w film copy neg.)
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Orson Welles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an iconic Academy Award-winning American director, writer, actor and producer for film, stage, radio and television.
Critical appreciation for Welles has increased since his death. He is now widely acknowledged as one of the most important dramatic artists of the 20th century, in 2002 being voted in a BFI Top Ten Directors poll by the British Film Institute as the greatest film director of all time.
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War ot the Worlds
October 30, 1938, Radio program Mercury Theater on the Air presents Orson Welles' production of H.G. Wells' "War of the Worlds," a fictional drama about a Martian invasion in Grovers Mill, New Jersey. The program, which aired on Halloween, sparked a panic among listeners who believed the play was an actual news broadcast.
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Of the six million listeners who heard the show, more than 1.7 million reportedly believed the story was true.
"War of the Worlds" panics millions
This is a statue of a Tripod inspired by the book The War of the Worlds and erected as a tribute to the book's author H. G. Wells in the town centre of Woking, England. Gaius Cornelius 17:51, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
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The War of the Worlds From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The War of the Worlds (1898), by H.G. Wells, is an early science fiction novella which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, and has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films and a television series based on the story.
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H.G. Wells
H. G. Wells. Immediate image source: Gutenberg.org. Image published in Newcomb, A; Blackford, K.M.H.: Analyzing Character, 1922. Earlier editions from 1916 and 1920 also exist.
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H. G. Wells From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, The First Men in the Moon and The Island of Doctor Moreau.
He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary. He was also an outspoken socialist. His later works become increasingly political and didactic, and only his early science fiction novels are widely read today. Both Wells and Jules Verne are sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction"
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