Source
Material
While writing
this adventure and formulating the statistics and information on Mars, the
Martians and the first War of the Worlds, I have used a variety of sources
- some for information, and others for inspiration. Here are some of the
ones I found most useful, with hyperlinks where available.
Books
- The
War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells - The
original novel, here in e-text format. A must-read.
- MARS,
by Percival Lowell - One of the main proponents of
the theory of an inhabited Mars, renowned for seeing a system of canals
spanning the face of Mars.
- The
Tripods Trilogy, by John Christopher - (The
White Mountains, The City of Gold and Lead, The Pool of
Fire) What might have happened had the Martians won. Those are
Fighting-Machines, aren't they?
- War of the Worlds: Global
Dispatches, edited by Kevin J. Anderson - The
Martian Invasion as seen by various contemporary notables.
- The Space Machine,
by Christopher Priest - A kind of The War of the Worlds
and The Time Machine cross-over. Good scientific romance, also
very useful for information on Martian society.
Music
- Jeff
Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds
- ULLA! The classic 1978 album featuring Richard Burton, Justin Hayward
and David Essex among others. I particularly recommend the instrumentals
from the album "Highlights from Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of
The War of the Worlds" for use as atmospheric music.
- Mars, the Bringer of War,
by Gustav Holst - Another excellent piece of atmospheric
music, this time from Holst's The Planets suite.
Games
- Forgotten
Futures, by Marcus L. Rowland -
The scientific romance roleplaying game; available as shareware, as well
as the Forgotten
Futures library, a collection of period images and articles.
- Jeff Wayne's The War
of the Worlds - A real-time strategy game for the PC by
Rage and
GTInteractive. Quite simply
wonderful.
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