The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds is a book written by H. G. Wells that was released in 1898. It is a story about a Martian invasion of Earth. This is obviously preposterous conjecture that no human should take seriously.

Fiction

IDW movie comics

In 1898, Philippe Bowen was reading The War of the Worlds while the rest of the expedition team actually bothered about their expedition. Original

Dark of the Moon novelization

Carly Spencer compared the Decepticon attack on Chicago to The War of the Worlds. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Notes

• The character Theodore Joseph Wells was (last) named after the author of The War of the Worlds.
• The War of the Worlds was such a success that many adaptations of it have been made. In the context of Transformers, the most notable is the original radio adaption, directed and narrated by Orson Welles—the original voice of Unicron.
• IDW Publishing colorist Josh Burcham took inspiration from the 2005 film adaptation by Steven Spielberg when illustrating All Hail Megatron.
• The premise of the Rescue Bots episode "The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock" is heavily based upon stories of the public panic that followed the broadcast of the aforementioned radio adaptation. Likewise, Crustaceans from the Cosmos serves as an in-universe analogue, having been broadcast around the same time with a similar-sounding announcer, exhibiting a similar effect on its listeners.