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''The War of the Worlds'' (1898) is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells. It describes the memoirs of an unnamed narrator in the suburbs of Woking, Surrey, England who recounts an invasion of Earth by an army of Martians with military technology far in advance to human science. It is said to be the first story that details a human conflict with, and overall defeat by, an extraterrestrial race. Following its publication, ''The War of the Worlds'' rapidly entered popular culture. Through the 20th and 21st centuries, the novel has been adapted into a number of different mediums, including radio, television and film. These have been produced with varying degrees of faithfulness towards the original text, with many of the more famous adaptations, such as Orson Welles' 1938 radio adaptation and the 2005 film directed by Steven Spielberg, choosing to set the events in a contemporary setting. In addition, many adaptations, including both of the above, have relocated the plot from its original setting of England in favour of the United States. The most recent adaptation of this type was produced in Canada and broadcast on Britain's BBC (fall, 2013) and BBC America (summer 2014) for the centenary of World War I. It posits the Martian invasion as ''"The Great Martian War 1913–1917"'', with the Martians invading Earth, first falling on Germany, and then expanding their war on mankind throughout Western Europe. ==Films== *1953: ''The War of the Worlds'' (1953 film), produced by George Pal and directed by Byron Haskin, for Paramount Pictures *1981: ''The War of the Worlds: Next Century'', a Polish film by Piotr Szulkin *2005: ''War of the Worlds'' (2005 film), directed by Steven Spielberg, for Paramount Pictures. *2005: ''H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds'' (2005 film), directed by Timothy Hines, for Pendragon Pictures *2005: ''''H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds'' (2005 film)'', directed by David Michael Latt (titled ''Invasion'' or ''The Worlds in War'' internationally), for The Asylum. * *2008: ''War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave'', sequel to the Asylum's film, directed by C. Thomas Howell *2012 ''Alien Dawn'': based very loosely on ''H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds'' set in Los Angeles, Directed by Neil Johnson *2012: ''War of the Worlds - The True Story'' a sci-fi/horror mockumentary, by Pendragon Pictures *2012: ''War of the Worlds: Goliath'': Animated sequel set 15 years after the Wells novel *2013: ''The Great Martian War 1913–1917'', a science fiction docudrama told in the format of an episode on the History Channel on the centennial of the first year of the War To End All Wars. ;Related *1975: ''The Night That Panicked America'', a film that follows Orson Welles' radio broadcast based on Wells' novel. *1990: ''Spaced Invaders'', a comic film directed by Patrick Read Johnson in which Martians land in a small Illinois town at the same time as the local radio station is rebroadcasting Orson Welles' radio drama. *1996: ''Mars Attacks!'', a science fiction comedy by Tim Burton, which spoofs many alien invasion films of the 1950s, including 1953's ''War of the Worlds''. *1996: ''Independence Day'' is a sci-fi action film that, in addition to dealing with a similar large scale invasion of earth by extraterrestrials, pays homage by having a computer virus be that which disrupts the aliens, an update to the pathogens that caused the downfall of the aliens in the original Wells' work. *2006: ''Scary Movie 4'', a spoof comedy that uses Steven Spielberg's film version as its plot. *2007: ''(War of the Servers )'', A spoof parody filmed entirely in Garry's Mod using references to the multiplayer aspects as plot devices. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of works based on The War of the Worlds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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