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The Twilight Zone FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Fifth Dimension and Beyond
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The Twilight Zone is among the most beloved shows in American television history, a pioneering fantasy behemoth that bridged the cultural gap between the 1950s and 1960s with thought-provoking mystery, mind-boggling theorems, and occasionally outright horror.
The Twilight Zone FAQ takes the reader back to that halcyon era, looking back on the show and its impact as a force for societal change, via reflections on the manifold topics and controversies that the show took on – from the space race to the Red Menace, from paranoia to madness and beyond. Dave Thompson traces the history of the show – from its earliest flowering in the mind of then-unknown Rod Serling through its slow birth, shaky beginning, and breathless five-season run – and he shows how it became the blueprint for so much of the fantasy television that has followed.
Chapters deal with the comic books, novels, and many other spin-offs, including the movie, the TV revamps, and even the amusement park ride. In addition, this FAQ offers a full guide to every episode, providing details on the cast and music and pinpointing both the best and the worst of the series, all adding up to a brightly opinionated time machine that catapults the reader back to the true golden age of American television.
The Twilight Zone FAQ takes the reader back to that halcyon era, looking back on the show and its impact as a force for societal change, via reflections on the manifold topics and controversies that the show took on – from the space race to the Red Menace, from paranoia to madness and beyond. Dave Thompson traces the history of the show – from its earliest flowering in the mind of then-unknown Rod Serling through its slow birth, shaky beginning, and breathless five-season run – and he shows how it became the blueprint for so much of the fantasy television that has followed.
Chapters deal with the comic books, novels, and many other spin-offs, including the movie, the TV revamps, and even the amusement park ride. In addition, this FAQ offers a full guide to every episode, providing details on the cast and music and pinpointing both the best and the worst of the series, all adding up to a brightly opinionated time machine that catapults the reader back to the true golden age of American television.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Into the Zone
- 1. The Roots of the Zone: Or, The World According to a Nation Running Scared from Aliens, Communists, Giant Bugs and Atom Bombs
- 2. Après Moi, Le Deluge . . . As the Atom Bomb Said to the Peacenik
- 3. Science Fact and Fantastic Television: The Birth of a Genre
- 4. The World at War: World War II in The Twilight Zone
- 5. A Writer Writes, a Script Writer Waits: The Search for a First Big Break
- 6. Patterns and Punch-Ups: A Reputation Is Wrought
- 7. Out for the Count: Fading Fame in The Twilight Zone
- 8. “I’ve Got an Idea for a Brand New Show”: Pitching and Piloting The Twilight Zone
- 9. Traveling in Time: The Twilight Zone Turns the Clocks Back and Forth
- 10. A Show Is Born: The Beginnings of The Twilight Zone
- 11. The Final Frontier: Or, Twilight in the Black of Space
- 12. The Aliens Have Landed: Tentacled Terrors in The Twilight Zone
- 13. Perchance to Write: Charles Beaumont in The Twilight Zone
- 14. His Name Is Legend: Richard Matheson in The Twilight Zone
- 15. Back in the Saddle: Season Two of The Twilight Zone
- 16. But Who Are the Monsters Really? Criminals, Con Men and Man’s Inhumanity to Man
- 17. Cheating Death, Racing the Devil . . . And Other Fortuitous Adventures
- 18. Sickness and Diseases: Don’t Worry, It’s All in Your Head
- 19. Dashing Through the Fallout: Christmas in The Twilight Zone
- 20. The Toddler of Terror: The Twilight Zone at Three
- 21. Parallel Universes: The Crack in Everyone’s Wall
- 22. In the Presence of More Masters: Johnson . . .
- 23. The Inimitable Earl of Hamner: Writer of Weirdness
- 24. I, Robot: And Other Mechanical Marvels
- 25. Raygun Fight at the OK Corral: Or, Do Robo-Cows Dream of Electric Rustlers?
- 26. Your Host for the Next Sixty Minutes: The Fourth Season of The Twilight Zone
- 27. The Grass Is Often (But Not Always) Grimmer: Or, Home Is Where the Hurt Is
- 28. Time to Say Goodbye: The Fifth and Final Season
- 29. The Plane Now Vanishing . . . Or, Further Nightmares at 20,000 Feet
- 30. The Stories That Never Were: Or, Writing Inside The Twilight Zone
- 31. The Twilight Zone in the Twilight Zone: The Future Is Unwritten
- Epilogue: Another Decade, Another Dream: The Twilight Zone Forever
- Appendix One: The Twilight Zone—1959–1964: Complete Cast and Episode Guide
- Appendix Two: The Twilight Zone: The Movie—1983: Complete Cast
- Appendix Three: The Twilight Zone—1986–1989: Complete Cast and Episode Guide
- Appendix Four: The Twilight Zone—2002–2003: Complete Cast and Episode Guide
- Bibliography