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The Twilight Zone Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Book Cover for: Twilight Zone, Carol Serling

Twilight Zone

Carol Serling
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

November 17, 1961: Twilight Zone's "The Midnight Sun" airs. Earth slips its orbit, putting it on a collision course with the Sun — and subjecting everyone to unbearable heat. One of TZ's most memorable episodes! Written by Rod Serling. Stars Lois Nettleton and Betty Garde. https://t.co/HLqAfAK4G9

Paperback, 2009

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Book Cover for: The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: to Which are Added Notes: 4, William Shakespeare

The Plays of William Shakespeare: With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: to Which are Added Notes: 4

William Shakespeare
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

May 23, 1963: Twilight Zone concludes Season 4 with its last hour-long episode, "The Bard." A hack TV writer (Jack Weston) uses black magic to conjure the ultimate ghostwriter: William Shakespeare (John Williams). The best scene: Burt Reynolds doing a Marlon Brando impression. https://t.co/Xbx0WHS8ZJ

Paperback, 2018

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Earth's Holocaust

Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

@TheGloveCleaner So true. That's the problem -- not the weapons at hand, but the people wielding them. Read "Earth's Holocaust" by Nathaniel Hawthorne sometime. There's an observation near the end that is just spot on.

Paperback, 2018

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Christine

Stephen King
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

January 3, 1964: Twilight Zone's "You Drive" airs. A man guilty of a fatal hit-and-run accident finds that his car seems determined to reveal his crime. Scripted by Earl "The Waltons" Hamner. Stars Edward Andrews. Stephen King's "Christine" feels like this car's evil twin. 😳 https://t.co/Coz6EEX3uT

Paperback, Mass Market, 2023

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Earth's Holocaust

Hawthorne Nathaniel
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

@TheGloveCleaner So true. That's the problem -- not the weapons at hand, but the people wielding them. Read "Earth's Holocaust" by Nathaniel Hawthorne sometime. There's an observation near the end that is just spot on.

Paperback, 2016

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Book Cover for: Murder: Anarchy or Ethical Behavior in the Twenty-First Century, Charles G. Wright

Murder: Anarchy or Ethical Behavior in the Twenty-First Century

Charles G. Wright
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

May 5, 1961: Twilight Zone's "Shadow Play" airs. A murder convict sits on death row, but insists that it's all just a recurring nightmare. Stars Dennis Weaver, Harry Townes, Wright King, and William Edmonson. Written by Charles Beaumont. Pairs well with his "Perchance to Dream"! https://t.co/Z57Vxv2J3c

Paperback, 2022

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The Thousand and one Nights; Commonly Called, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments: 2

William Harvey
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

Rod Serling adapted Oscar Cook's 1931 story "Boomerang." Stars Laurence Harvey, Joanna Pettet, Tom Helmore, and John Williams. It's on the Season 2 discs: https://t.co/iAN1xWdVnX Also includes "Little Girl Lost" with William Windom (no relation to the TZ ep of the same name). https://t.co/HqQHeB99wh

Paperback, 2022

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Night Gallery

Rod Serling
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"A concentration camp can be a university of higher learning when it comes to teaching a man to stay alive." #GalleryQuotes #NGPilot Night Gallery’s "Escape Route" by Rod Serling stars Richard Kiley and Sam Jaffe. It's available on DVD/Blu-ray: https://t.co/ufGAokqI0U https://t.co/VJcEHyScBL

Paperback, 2014

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The Twilight Zone

Rod Serling
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

We’re used to hearing Rod Serling begin and end each episode of The Twilight Zone, but in a select few, he does some extra narration partway through. Can you name them all off the top of your head? The answer’s in this blog post: https://t.co/ofx2DpB4g2 https://t.co/xVtP7k1AjB

Paperback, 2023

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Shadow of Things to Come: Patterns

Paul Newman
The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone

December 7, 1954: CBS airs Serling's "Knife in the Dark,” a live teleplay starring Paul Newman as a convict who must stand up to the man who murdered his best friend. This came a month before Serling's teleplay "Patterns" made him famous. Watch it here: https://t.co/AjGAEsxLIf https://t.co/7HjwZ6g2po

Paperback, 2022

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