Was, "War of the Worlds," a news paper series first?

Question

I know it's official publication was in 1898. Just wonder if if spent time as a series first as I believe novels use to do. I have my reasons for wanting to know.

Any constructive contribution will be appreciated.

MR. Tumnus, what is a, "novella."

Answer 1

A novella is somewhere between a novel and short story. A novel is generally 170+ pages, and a novella is anything below that until it gets into short stories, where I would put a safe limit of 50 pages.

War of the Worlds was originally a book, but it may have been published in a magazine in serials. They didn't usually use newspapers, instead they used papers like The Saturday Evening Post, or Collier's, which would have been the two most popular at the time. I don't know if you can look among the archived versions of these magazines online, but you might want to check.

Answer 2

It was a novel to start with.
Then someone made a radio series out of it.
That why everyone was freaked out one day because their radio was broadcasting things about aliens taking over the earth and thought it was an actual broadcast.
Silly people ;)

Answer 3

War of the Worlds was written by H.G. Wells in the nineteenth century, it was a classic Si. Fi. novel. Orson Wells chose to read it in the form of a news bulletin, he rendition was so good he sparked a near riot by listeners who had not heard the introduction of the radio show.

Answer 4

Probably posted weekly in whatever newspaper. If I was in your shoes for research I would ask this question of the librarian at the Library of Congress' website at: www.loc.gov and see what they come up with.

Answer 5

It was originally a novella.