The Twilight Zone, season 1 episode 4, October 23, 1959 - The sixteen millimetre shrine

closing narration:
"To the wishes that come true, to the strange, mystic strength of the human animal, who can take a wishful dream and give it a dimension of its own. To Barbara Jean Trenton, movie queen of another era, who has changed the blank tomb of an empty projection screen into a private world. It can happen in the Twilight Zone."​

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The Twilight Zone, season 1 episode 3, October 16, 1959 - Mr. Denton on Doomsday

closing narration:
"Mr. Henry Fate, dealer in utensils and pots and pans, liniments and potions. A fanciful little man in a black frock coat who can help a man climbing out of a pit—or another man from falling into one. Because, you see, fate can work that way, in the Twilight Zone."​

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The Twilight Zone, season 1 episode 2, October 9, 1959 - One for the angels

closing narration:
"Lewis J. Bookman, age sixtyish. Occupation: pitchman. Formerly a fixture of the summer, formerly a rather minor component to a hot July. But, throughout his life, a man beloved by the children, and therefore, a most important man. Couldn't happen, you say? Probably not in most places – but it did happen in the Twilight Zone."

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The Twilight Zone, Season 1 episode1 (Oct 2, 1959) - Where is everybody?

closing narration: "The barrier of loneliness: The palpable, desperate need of the human animal to be with his fellow man. Up there, up there in the vastness of space, in the void that is sky, up there is an enemy known as isolation. It sits there in the stars waiting, waiting with the patience of eons, forever waiting, in The Twilight Zone."

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We've made a shelf just for classic #ScienceFiction in the SF section, here are three Joe has loved over the years:

The Illustrated Man: as a youngster, this short story collection was my gateway into the works of Ray Bradbury (still reading him today)

I Am Legend, Matheson's slim classic (oft-filmed, never really quite getting the book) captures that era of Cold War paranoia, fear and isolation

Wasp, a delightful, slightly anarchic adventure romp, beloved by Terry Pratchett. A highly resourceful agent is dropped on an enemy planet to cause distractions (the way a wasp can distract a much larger creature). The humour is like a forerunner of Harrison's later Stainless Steel Rat.

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Neulich entdeckt: Eine Zeichnung von Jean-Marc Coté aus dem Jahr 1901.
Wie weitsichtig er das Jahr 2000 darstellt: Die Bücher werden geschreddert und der Inhalt den Menschen über Leitungen in den Kopf transferiert.
Mit einem Unterschied: Die Empfänger sind heute nicht die Menschen, sondern die "künstliche Intelligenz".

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Adventures in an Alternate New York City: Missing Man by Katherine MacLean

A dastardly plot unfolds in the future of 1999!
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https://reactormag.com/adventures-in-an-alternate-new-york-city-missing-man-by-katherine-maclean/

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Adventures in an Alternate New York City: Missing Man by Katherine MacLean

A dastardly plot unfolds in the future of 1999!
The post Adventures in an Alternate New York City: <i>Missing Man</i> by Katherine MacLean appeared first on Reactor.
https://reactormag.com/adventures-in-an-alternate-new-york-city-missing-man-by-katherine-maclean/

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