Question

What's one way Orson Welles's radio broadcast War of the Worlds is different from H. G. Wells's novel The War of the Worlds?

Answer 1

The radio version is told in the present tense as if events are happening in the moment, while the novel is told in the last tense.

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Answer 2

There are several ways in which the book and the radio broadcast are different. The book is set in 1898, and told in the past tense. The radio broadcast, on the other hand, is set in 1938, and told in the present tense. Moreover, the broadcast is told as news, as if the events were being reported as they were happening.