Annotated Bibliography
Boretto, Alfred. H.G. Wells, Author in Agony. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1972 .
The book discusses lesser known facets of the science fiction writer's life.
Callow, Simon. Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu. Middlesex: Penguin Books Ltd., 1995.
Achieving great success involved a good deal of agony for the famous actor.
Cantril, Hadley. The Invasion From Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1947.
Cantril scientifically analyses the reaction of Americans to the Welles radio play.
Corrigan, Timothy, and White, Patricia. The Film Experience. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's. 2004.
This is your quintessential guide to studying film.
Gertner, Richard, and Quigley, Martin. Films in America 1929-1969. New York: Goldman Press, 1970.
Forty years of rapid progress in the film industry are explored.
MacKenzie, Norman and Jeanne. H.G. Wells: a Biography. New York: Simon and Schuster. 1973.
This is required reading for those who want to know the man inside and out.
Ray, Gordon N. H.G.Wells and Rebecca West. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1914.
This lesser known relationship is studied.
Thompson, Kristin. Storytelling in the New Hollywood. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 1999.
There is good insider information here.
Warren, Bill. Keep Watching the Skies: American Science Fiction Movies of the Fifties. Jefferson and London: McFarland. 1986.
The book has a short section on the 1953 film.
Wells, H.G. Experiment in Autobiography: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain. New York: The Macmillian Company. 1934.
Wells writes truthfully about himself with humor.
Wells, H.G. The New Machiavelli. New York: Duffield and Company, 1914.
Wells compares himself to Machiavelli scientifically and in outlook.
Yuknavitch, Lidia. Real to Reel. Normal: FC2. 2003.
This book has nothing to do with film; however, I liked the introduction.
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