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Post by Scifishocks on Jul 28, 2007 9:06:31 GMT 1
'The War of The Worlds: Aftermath'. *Ahem!*  |
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Post by David Faltskog on Jul 28, 2007 11:45:40 GMT 1
Kevin Andersons "Global Dispatches" is a great collection of the Martian's invasion seen through others eyes, including H.P.Lovecraft and Jules Verne.
Also the brilliant "The Space Machine" by Christopher Preist is a excellent mix of WOTW and The Time Machine.
D.F.
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Post by Reppu on Aug 1, 2007 6:18:55 GMT 1
"Global dispatches" sounds promising. care to give some more details about it?
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Post by Rob on Aug 1, 2007 9:01:34 GMT 1
This novel, published in 1996, was a tribute to the great story. An anthology of many short stories, all based around the original novel. Edited by Kevin J. Anderson, and dedicated to H.G Wells, George Pal, and Jeff Wayne.
Featuring some very original and very entertaining pieces of fiction the Novel tells the story of various famous characters from around the world, and how they encountered the Martians. These stories include characters such as Mark Twain, aiming to catch a pair of live Martians as they destroy Eastern America, and even people such as Pablo Picasso as he watches the Martians arrive in Paris, only to melt like solder Eiffel's new tower.
It's hard to get a new copy these days. I presume it is long out of print, but, there is hope. Amazon and ebay sometimes have copies in their various auctions and small shops. Keep an eye out for it, it does nothing but compliment Wells' original tale. Here is more info to help you get hold of a copy.
Title
War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches
Edited by
Kevin J. Anderson
Published by
Bantam Books
ISBN
0-553-57598-8
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Post by Commandingtripod on Aug 5, 2007 2:20:17 GMT 1
I think the Leuage of Gentleman (I believe that's what it's called) has a martian invasion story in Series 2.
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Post by Luperis on Aug 5, 2007 4:50:58 GMT 1
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Post by Scifishocks on Aug 6, 2007 1:11:03 GMT 1
The funny thing is that Kev's stories are the WORST in the whole collection. The guy's a hack... a rich one... but a hack all the same. |
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Post by malfunkshun on Aug 7, 2007 22:28:08 GMT 1
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Post by malfunkshun on Aug 7, 2007 22:42:42 GMT 1
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Post by killraven on Aug 8, 2007 12:09:24 GMT 1
Surely neither of those can be as bad a "The Second War of the Worlds"   KR |
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Post by richardburton on Aug 8, 2007 13:25:03 GMT 1
They both sound like a right load of soggy dog smelling pants.
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Post by malfunkshun on Aug 9, 2007 1:35:46 GMT 1
well, the one by douglas niles was kind of that... not so good, that is. the twist was odd though. instead of the martians being killed by microbes, it turns out that microbes... especially the kind that live in rotting, festering corpses... are a basic part of their biology. they thrive on it. they way they kill the martians is by dosing them with penicillin.
as for the other one, Flaming London, I'd like to give that one a try at least, the review sounded interesting. Also, The Martian War by... that dude who edited Global Dispatches... sounded interesting too.
Larry Niven wrote a book called Rainbow Mars which incorporated elements of just about every classic Mars fiction written... Tripods, Barsoom Martians, 12 fingered Martians from the Chronicles, and some others that I can't remember off of the top of my head. It was an OK book I guess... but definitely NOT up to the standards I usually expect from Niven.
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Post by Reppu on Aug 21, 2007 8:13:03 GMT 1
I just read the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, vol. II. I love how the heat ray is depicted, absolutely true to the novel's description. What i didn't like was the first Mars scenes....that didn't make sense at all in my opinion.
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Post by bayne on Sept 8, 2007 4:38:38 GMT 1
[glow=red,2,300]Having read many of Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars stories I liked the begining bit though it referances a lot of stuff I haven't yet read.
Moore seems to be pushing a Lovecraftian origin for the Wellsian cephalosomatic martians though which I'm less keen on (Though I like Lovecrafts stuff).
I'm wondering what Vol III of League will be like.
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