Photo illustration by Heather Hill

"I believe that (H.G.) Wells regarded science as our greatest cumulative achievement, but he also realized that science has had little effect, so far, in making us less violent or more compassionate," said IU Distinguished Professor and author Scott Sanders in October 1998, in a feature presentation "IU Home Pages" ran to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Wells' War of the Worlds and the 60th anniversary of Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre radio broadcast. Next week, the Steven Spielberg version of WOW opens in theaters across the country.