ZERO-G EPISODE #516
4th Jul 05
TITLE: MARS AND BUST
PLAYLIST
MARS ATTACKS-INTRODUCTION AND MAIN TITLE BY DANNY ELFMAN FROM
MARS ATTACKS FILM INCLUDED IN COMPILATION CD ALIEN INVASION:
SPACE AND BEYOND #2 198 SILVA SCREEN RECORDS/FESTIVAL
D31849
THE DEATH OF NEW YORK- FROM ORSON WELLE'S THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
1938 RADIO PLAY
THUNDERCHILD- JEFF WAYNE-JEFF WAYNE'S WAR OF THE WORLDS 1978 CBS
CD CBS 96000
MR ROBINSON BY SAM BURBANK AND THE EXTREMOPHILES-RECORDED DURING
A MARS SOCIETY HABITAT MISSION
THAT CHICK'S TOO YOUNG TO FRY BY THE PRISONAIRES FROM JUST
WALKINGH' IN THE RAIN (CD) 1999 CHARLY UK 8210 ORIGINAL ON 1954
SUN RECORDS VINYL.
REVIEWS
AS PART OF A RETROSPECTIVE ON ADAPTATIONS OF H.G WELLS' THE WAR
OF THE WORLDS LEADING INTO A REVIEW OF THE NEW SPIELBERG MOVIE I
LISTED THE FOLLOWING FILMS, BOOKS, COMICS AND RADIO PLAYS-
1897-H.G WELLS SHORT STORY-THE CRYSTAL EGG
1898-H.G WELLS SERIALISED NOVEL-THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
(STILL IN PRINT IN READILY AVAILABLE EDITIONS)
1897-GARRETT SERVISS-EDISON'S CONQUEST OF MARS (NOT IN PRINT AS
FAR AS IS KNOWN)
1938-OCTOBER 1938-MERCURY THEATRE OF THE AIR-ORSON WELLES
DIRECTOR (AVAILABLE ON RECORD, PROBABLY C.D, AND ON-LINE)
1953-WAR OF THE WORLDS-PARAMOUNT PICTURE-DIRECTED BY GEORGE
PAL
1967-1968-JOHN CHRISTOPHER-THE TRIPODS QUARTET:WHEN THE TRIPODS
CAME, THE WHITE MOUNTAINS, THE CITY OF GOLD AND LEAD, THE POOL OF
FIRE.
1973-MARVEL COMICS-KILLRAVEN-WARRIOR OF THE WORLDS. BEING ADAPTED
AS MOVIE
1975-MANLY W. WELLMAN AND WADE WELLMAN-SHERLOCK HOLME'S WAR OF
THE WORLDS-WARNER BOOKS
1976-CHRISTOPHER PRIEST-THE SPACE MACHINE
1978-JEFF WAYNE'S MUSICAL VERSION OF THE WAR OF THE WORLDS. NEW
SEVEN DISC EDITION OUT BY SONY BMG
1982-WAR OF THE WORLDS-THE NEXT CENTURY-POLISH FILM-DIRECTED BY
PIOTR SZULKIN
1984-1985-THE TRIPODS-BBC TV SERIES
1988-1990-PARAMOUNT TELEVISION SERIES LOOSELY BASED ON THE 1953
MOVIE.
1997-WAR OF THE WORLDS-GLOBAL DISPATCHES-BANTAM SPECTRA
ANTHOLOGY
2003-THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN VOLUME TWO-GRAPHIC
NOVEL BY ALAN MOORE AND KEVIN O'NEILL
2005-U.K FILM-PENDRAGON FILMS-DIRECTED BY TIMOTHY HINES-H.G
WELL'S WAR OF THE WORLDS.
OTHER INFORMATION
SPLODGE FILMS
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/splodgefilms/
Continuum 3 annual Speculative Fiction and Pop Culture
Convention
theme: “Creatures Natural and Unnatural”. Neil Gaiman, Poppy Z
Brite, Richard Harland and Robin Hobb are Official Guests for
2005
www.continuum.org.au