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In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling
In the Zone: The Twilight World of Rod Serling
The classic television show The Twilight Zone explored the possibilities inherent in the ordinary. A Twilight Zone episode moved us by being poignant and intimate, rambunctious, or thought-provoking. 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 originator, main scriptwriter, and artistic director, knew how much burden he could place on his rhetorical and dramatic gifts. Deservedly celebrated as a pioneer fiction writer for television, Serling always grounded his work in the human condition: he wrote movingly 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.
ISBN: 0879727306
Author: Wolfe, Peter
Publisher: Popular Press (View Publisher’s Titles)
Publish date: June 01, 1997
Format: Paperback
For an even deeper insight into Roc Serling, check out The Strand’s Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination.
