Journeys to the Twilight Zone

Carol Serling, Editor

ISBN 10: 1567310931 / ISBN 13: 9781567310931

Published by MJF Books/Fine Communications, New York, NY, 1993

About this Item

MJF Books/Fine Communications, New York. 1993. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; slight edge bumps; light rubbing to panels. Yellow boards with black overlay on the spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 287 pp 8vo. Sixteen striking stories to twist your imagination including Rod Serling's classic tale "Suggestion". Carol Serling invites the reader to climb aboard for a journey to the Twilight Zone of 16 eerie, terrifying, slightly humorous stories that Rod Serling would have enjoyed. The climax is Rod Serling's own story of "Suggestion" that will make you think twice about hypnosis. A clean pristine copy from my personal library.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Journeys to the Twilight Zone
• Publisher: MJF Books/Fine Communications, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567310931
• ISBN 13: 9781567310931
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • General Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The widow of the late Rod Serling brings together a collection of original science fiction tales by such writers as Rod Serling, Alan Dean Foster, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, William Nolan, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and others. Original.

From Publishers Weekly

Although this anthology of 16 short stories edited by Rod Serling's widow promises new excursions into what he called "a place between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge," the reader is instead transported into ennui. Unlike the best of the original Twilight Zone television episodes, the majority of these tales lack dramatic impact. Alan Dean Foster writes of a construction project in the Australian Outback that just can't be finished--a national highway that crumbles to dust only hours after it is laid. The futility of the crew's labor is matched only by that of the reader's attempt to find coherence in this aimless tale. W. Warren Wagar's story about a future in which a healthy diet is legally enforced by food police tickles a bit but contains no real laughs. Even the story by Rod Serling himself--about a cocktail-party game of hypnotism gone awry--seems out of date and sexist: the hostess is described as being "on the broad-hipped side of thirty," with "legs by Steinway." Serling's witty dialogue remains potent, but the obvious plot overshadows any possible sense of irony. This is one journey best left untraveled.
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