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Brief review to be added of the novel “The War of the Worlds” (1898) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) by H G Wells

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...

 

The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.

 

 

 

Book References

The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.

Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.

For discussion of Wells’ novel see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1999

Achenbach, Joel in his “Captured by Aliens” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 48 (in Chapter 4) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition.

1

1973

Aldiss, Brian in his “Billion Year Spree” (1973) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 118-121, 130 (in Chapter 5) of the Weidenfeld & Nicolson hardback edition.

5

2001

Alschuler, William in his “The Science of UFOs” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 140 (in Chapter 7) of the St Martin’s Press hardback edition.

1

1995

Ashpole, Edward in his “The UFO Phenomena” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK)at pages 62, 69-70 (in Chapter 5) of the Headline hardback edition.

3

1976

Asimov, Isaac in “Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence : The First Encounter” (1976) (edited by James L Christian) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Of Life Beyond : Man’s Age-Old Speculations”) of the Prometheus Books softcover edition.

1

2000

Bergreen, Laurence in his “The Quest For Mars” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 145, 184 (in Chapter 7) of the Harper hardback edition.

2

1997

Bizony, Piers in his “The Exploration of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 12 (in the Foreword) of the Aurum softcover edition.

1

1979

Boyce, Chris in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 23 (in the Prologue), 181 (in the Notes) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at pages 20-21, 170 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition.

2

2001

Bullard, Thomas E in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 329-330 (in an entry entitled “Mars and Martians”), 521 (in an entry entitled “Science fiction and UFOs”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 322, 510 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

3

2001

Bullard, Thomas E in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 398 (in an entry entitled “Mars and Martians”), 626 (in an entry entitled “Science fiction and UFOs”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

2

1999

Chambers, Paul in his “Life On Mars” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 39 (in Chapter 3), 199 (in Chapter 15) of the Blandford hardback edition.

2

2000

Clark, Stuart in his “Life on Other Worlds and How to Find It” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 90 (in Chapter 7) of the Springer hardback edition.

1

2002

Cohen, Jack and Stewart, Ian in their “Evolving the Alien” (2002) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 2-3 (in Chapter 1), 46 (in Chapter 2) of the Ebury Press hardback edition.

3

2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 370 (in the entry entitled “science fiction involving extraterrestrials, up to 1900”), 453-455 (in the entry entitled “War of the Worlds, The, novel”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

4

2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “War of the Worlds, novel”. The relevant entry is available online at: http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/W/WarofWorldsnovel.html

1

1995

Davies, Paul in his “Are we Alone?“ (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 8 (in Chapter 1) of the Penguin paperback edition.

1

1997

Devereux, Paul and Brookesmith, Peter in their “UFOs and Ufology – the first 50 years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 26 (in Chapter 2), 94 (in Chapter 7) of the Blandford softcover edition.

2

2001

di Fate, Vincent in his “The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sci-Fi, Hokum and Barry Who? - The Golden Age of Science Fiction Movies”), 89, 90, 91, 94, 95 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Shadows on the Sky - The Early Flying Saucer Era”) of the Paper Tiger hardback edition.

6

1998

Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 107, 112-116, 117 (in Chapter 4) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

7

1996

Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 224, 231-238 (in Chapter 5) of the Cambridge hardback edition.

9

1978

Edelson, Edward in his “Who Goes There?” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 24 (in Chapter 2) of the NEL paperback edition (with the same page numbering in the NEL paperback edition combining this book and Chris Boyce’s “Extraterrestrial Encounter).

1

1998

Evans, Hilary in his “From Other Worlds” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25-29 (in Chapter 1) of the Carlton hardback edition.

5

1987

Evans, Hilary in his “Gods, Spirits, Cosmic Guardians” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 115 (in Chapter 4.2) of the Aquarian softcover edition.

1

1980

Feinberg, Gerald and Shapiro, Robert in their “Life Beyond Earth” (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 259 (in Chapter 9) of the Morrow hardback edition.

1

1983

Garrett, Richard in his “Aliens From Outer Space” (1983) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 27 (in Chapter 2) of the Piccolo paperback edition.

1

1955

Girvan, Waveney in his “Flying Saucers and Common Sense” (1955) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 135-139 (in Chapter 11) of the Frederick Muller hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Citadel hardback edition).

5

2001

Gross, Loren E in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 640-641 (in an entry entitled “War of the Worlds, The”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 627-628 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

2

2001

Gross, Loren E in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 768-769 (in an entry entitled “War of the Worlds, The”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

2

1990

Guthke, Karl S in his “The Last Frontier : Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction: Imagining Other Worlds From the Copernican Revolution to Modern Science Fiction” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 28, 34 (in Chapter 1.3), 122 (in Chapter 3.1), 300 (in Chapter 4.4), 368-369 (in Chapter 5.3), 382-383, 386-392 (in Chapter 5.4) of the Cornell University softcover edition.

15

1995

Heidmann, Jean in his “Life in the Universe" (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 20-21 (in Chapter 1) of the Cambridge softcover edition.

2

1999

Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 90 (in Chapter 9), 133-134 (in Chapter 12) of the Tempus hardback edition.

3

1987

Hoagland, Richard in his “The Monuments of Mars” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 32-33 (in Chapter 3) of the 1992 revised North Atlantic softcover edition.

2

2005

Kaveney, Roz in her “From Alien to The Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 37-39 (in Chapter 4) of the I B Taurus softcover edition.

3

2000

Koerner, David and LeVay, Simon in their “Here Be Dragons” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 66, 68 (in Chapter 3) of the Oxford softcover edition.

2

2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 641 (in the postscript to an entry entitled “War of the Worlds, The”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 628 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

1

2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 768-769 (in the postscript to an entry entitled “War of the Worlds, The”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

2

2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 29, 31 (in the postcript to the an entry entitled “alien iconography”), 227-229 (in an entry entitled “Grays”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at pages 29, 31, 222-224 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

5

2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 32, 34-35 (in the postcript to the an entry entitled “alien iconography”), 277-280 (in an entry entitled “Grays”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

7

1999

Kurland, Michael in his “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 266-267 (in Chapter 26) of the Alpha Books softcover edition.

2

1977

Macvey, John W in his “Interstellar Travel” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 280 (in Chapter 16) of the Avon paperback edition.

1

1987

McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 37 (in Chapter 3) of the Wiley softcover edition.

1

1987

Moore, Patrick and Jackson, Francis in their “Life in the Universe” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 134-135 (in Chapter 10) of the Norton softcover edition.

2

1998

Moore, Patrick in his “On Mars” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in Chapter 4) of the Seven Dials softcover edition.

1

1976

Moore, Patrick in his “The Next Fifty Years in Space” (1976) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 77 (in Chapter 5) of the William Luscombe hardback edition.

1

2001

Morgan, Chris in his “Hardware : The Art of David A Hardy” (2001) at pages 23, 24-25 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “A Life in Space Art”) of the Paper Tiger hardback edition.

3

1997

Nesheim, Eric and Nesheim, Leif in their “Saucer Attack! : Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 8, 10-11, 12, 13 of the General Publishing softcover edition.

5

1998

Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 48-49 (in Chapter 4) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition.

2

1954

Peyton, Green in Hubertus Strughold’s “The Green and Red Planet” (1954) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page vi (in the Foreword) of the Sidgwick and Jackson hardback edition.

1

2003

Pillinger, Colin in his “Beagle” (2003) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 51-53 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Is there Life on Mars?”) of the Faber and Faber hardback edition.

3

1996

Pope, Nick in his “Open Skies, Closed Minds” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 51 (in Chapter 3) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition.

1

1991

Randles, Jenny and Hough, Peter in their “Looking for the Aliens” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 10-11 (in Chapter 1), 25 (in Chapter 3) of the Blandford softcover edition.

2

1999

Randles, Jenny in her “The Complete Book of Aliens and Abductions” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) a page 121 (in Part 4) of the Piatkus hardback edition.

1

2000

Randles, Jenny in her “The Little Giant Encyclopedia of UFOs” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 25 (in Part 1, “A UFO Timeline”) of the Sterling softcover edition.

1

1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 112 (in an entry entitled “intervention”), 132 (in an entry entitled “Mars”), 141 (in an entry entitled “motion pictures”) of the MJF hardback edition.

3

1997

Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 14-15 (in the Introduction) of the Frog softcover edition.

2

1980

Sagan, Carl in his “Cosmos“ (1980) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 126 (in Chapter 5) of the Abacus softcover edition.

1

1998

Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 25 (in Chapter 2), 112, 117 (in Chapter 6) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition.

3

1991

Spencer, John in his “UFOs: The Definitive Casebook” (1991) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 33 (in the unnumbered section entitled “North America”, in the chapter entitled “Database”) of the Hamlyn hardback edition.

1

1978

Stemman, Roy in his “Mysteries of the Universe: Great Mysteries” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 140, 141 (in Chapter 7) of the Book Club Associates hardback edition.

2

2001

Sutherly, Curt in his “UFO Mysteries: A Reporter Seeks the Truth” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 136 (in Chapter 9) of the Llewellyn softcover edition.

1

1977

Washburn, Mark in his “Mars at Last!” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 49-51 (in Chapter 4), 57 (in Chapter 5) of the Abacus paperback edition.

4

1999

Watson, Nigel in “The Scareship Mystery : A survey of Phantom Airship Scares 1909-1918” (1999) (edited by Nigel Watson) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 37 (in Chapter 3) of the Dorma softcover edition.

1

1990

White, Frank in his “The SETI Factor” (1990) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 143 (in Chapter 9) of the Walker hardback edition.

1

1999

White, Michael in his “Alien Life Forms : Sci-Fi Explained” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 12 (in Chapter 1) of the Penguin paperback edition.

1

1998

Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 30 (in Chapter 2) of the St Martin’s Press softcover edition.

1

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