The War from the Worlds (1898), by H. G. Wells, can be an early research fiction book which details an invasion of Britain by aliens from Mars. It really is among the earliest and best-known depictions of the alien invasion of Globe, and has inspired many others, as well as spawning many films, radio dramas, comic reserve adaptations, and a tv series based on the storyplot. The 1938 radio broadcast triggered open public outcry against the show, as much listeners believed an real Martian invasion was in progress, a notable example of mass hysteria.