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== Radio ==
* In [[Orson Welles]]' infamous radio version of ''[[The War of the Worlds (novel)|The War of the Worlds]]'', commentator Carl Phillips describes the effects of the Martian heat ray right up to the bitter end:
{{quote|'''Phillips:''' A humped shape is rising out of the pit. I can make out a small beam of light against a mirror. What's that? There's a jet of flame springing from the mirror, and it leaps right at the advancing men. It strikes them head on! Good Lord, they're turning into flame!
''(screams and unearthly shrieks)''
** An even better example is the announcer broadcasting from atop the CBS building in New York, watching the Martian's poisonous smoke drift across the city.
{{quote|'''Announcer:''' Smoke comes out, black smoke, drifting over the city. People in the streets see it now. They're running towards the East River, thousands of them, dropping in like rats. Now the smoke's spreading faster. It's reached Times Square. People are trying to run away from it, but it's no use. They're -- They're falling like flies. Now the smoke's crossing Sixth Avenue... Fifth Avenue... a hundred yards away... it's -- it's fifty feet.... ''(a thud, as he collapses)''}}
== Tabletop Games ==
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