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War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches rather than just read about it. In short: War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches is a 1996 science fiction anthology, edited by Kevin J. Anderson and published by American company Bantam Spectra.

Key takeaways

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches is a 1996 science fiction anthology, edited by Kevin J. Anderson and published by American company Bantam Spectra. It is a tribute to H. G. Wells' 1898 novel The War of the Worlds; each story envisions a famous individual's reactions to the Martian invasion and the impact of the invasion on a different part of the world. Several of the stories tie into other works of fiction; Anderson would also later go on to write The Martian War, a novel that also presented Wells' Martian invasion from the viewpoints of Wells and several other fictional and historical characters.

Reception The book has been reviewed by:

Gary K. Wolfe (1996) in Locus, #424 May 1996 Stephen Baxter (1996) in Interzone, #109 July 1996 Mark R. Kelly (1996) in Locus, #428 September 1996 Moshe Feder (1996) in Asimov's Science Fiction, September 1996 Don D'Ammassa (1996) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #190 October 1996 Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1996) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 1996 Brian M. Thomsen [as by Brian Thomsen] (1996) in Dragon Magazine, November 1996 Robert M. Price (1997) in Crypt of Cthulhu, Lammas 1997 John Deakins (1997) in Absolute Magnitude, Spring 1997 James Schellenberg (2000) in Challenging Destiny, April 2000 Polish science fiction editor and critic, Maciej Parowski, positively commented on the anthology in his 2011 book Małpy Pana Boga – Słowa, noting that it was a well executed difficult endeavour, difficult because the writers were limited by the theme (reactions of the famous individuals to the Martian invasion). He singled out stories by Tiedemann and Wolverton as particularly notable.

Impact Global Dispatches was one of the works consulted by Stephen Baxter for his own sequel to The War of the Worlds, The Massacre of Mankind.

Table of contents

References

External links Article in Steven Silver's Reviews

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches

In research: War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1996 short story anthologies, Alternate history anthologies, Bantam Spectra books, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches in simple terms?

War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches is a 1996 science fiction anthology, edited by Kevin J. Anderson and published by American company Bantam Spectra.

Why does War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches.