The Twilight Zone: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (Twilight Zone (Walker Paperback))
by Mark Kneece, Rod Serling
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Author: Mark Kneece, Rod SerlingIllustrator: Rich Ellis
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-23
ISBN: 080279713X
Number of pages: 72
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Book Reviews of The Twilight Zone: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (Twilight Zone (Walker Paperback))
Book Review: A statement on how fragile civilization really is
Summary: 5 Stars
I recently completed a month's long viewing of all episodes of "The Twilight Zone" and I was once again impressed by how Rod Serling was able to address many issues of the world of the late fifties and early sixties out of the reach of sensors. So much has been said of how "Star Trek" was such a trailblazing show in demonstrating diversity and challenging racial and social prejudices. For reasons that are unclear "The Twilight Zone" does not receive nearly as much credit for doing the same.
"The Monsters Are Due On Main Street" is clearly in my top five all-time favorite episodes of the series. It deals with the thin veneer of civilization and how quickly thinly veiled prejudices, insecurities and fears can turn longtime friends and neighbors into seeing each other as enemies. It begins with an unexplained problem where the power goes out and is followed by idle talk that turns into something more substantial. Normal individual differences are used to "identify" the culprits and it quickly becomes a case of "let the battering begin."
While human bodies are surprisingly resilient to physical punishment, their egos are not. Most people are bundles of insecurities wrapped in fears with a tendency to look at anyone that is different as a threat. It is an easy and destructive thing to do and Serling created a superlative apocalyptic tale about how a band of humans could easily be defeated.
In this book that story is re-told in cartoon form, the artwork is suitably colorless to better reflect the dark nature of the story and almost everything is depicted as being in shadows. Horror has many forms, yet the best is what humans can create when there is the appearance of uncertainty when something major goes wrong.
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Summary of The Twilight Zone: The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (Twilight Zone (Walker Paperback))
Maple Street?late on a Saturday afternoon a mysterious flash of light results in a power outage. But this is no ordinary power failure, and the neighbors on Maple Street will soon find themselves in the dark with an enemy of their own creation . . . in the Twilight Zone.
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