In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling
by Peter Wolfe
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Book Summary Information
Author: Peter WolfeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-06-01
ISBN: 0879727306
Number of pages: 228
Publisher: Popular Press 1
Book Reviews of In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling
Book Review: Waste of Paper
Summary: 1 Stars
This book just rambles on with poorly explained ideas about a show I feel Wolfe barely watched. I found it very hard to read and understand. Please reconsider buying the other books mentioned above. Night Gallery: After Hours is very well researched (the authors were used for commentary on the Season 2 DVD set) and the Marc Scott Zicree Companion or the amazingly detailed "Unlocking the Door" Book by Grams are well worth the money. "Dimensions Behind the TZ" by Stanyard is also fun with many behind the scenes photos and interviews. But, beware, this book is the pit of your fears.
Summary of In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling
The Twilight Zone explores the possibilities inhering in the ordinary. A Twilight Zone episode can move us by being poignant and intimate, rambunctious or thought provoking. It can be orchestrated as a set of intertwined plot developments or as a serial progression. But whether it takes place on an asteroid, in a city pool room, or in the backwoods, it will usually convey both a folklorist's eye for detail and the born raconteur's sense of pace. Rod Serling, the show's founder, main scriptwriter, and artistic director, knew how much burden he could place on his rhetorical and dramatic gifts. Deservedly celebrated as a pioneer in TV science fiction, he also writes about history and loyalty, the grip of everyday reality, and the dangers of both forgetting about one's ghosts and giving them the upper hand. Peter Wolfe's new book, a full-length thematic, artistic, and technical analysis of The Twilight Zone, justifies the popular claim that this weekly series, which first ran on CBS-TV between 1959 and 1964, remains one of the most influential, admired shows of its kind in television history.General Books
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