More Stories from the Twilight Zone

July 1, 2010
Herb Tarnower awakens from a nap to find that the world has become a very different place in Loren D. Estleman's "Curve," while Jean Rabe offers a cautionary tale about people who pay too much attention to numbers in "Stanley's Statistics." This second collection of 19 original stories (after "Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary" once more pays tribute to the late Rod Serling, creator of the classic sf TV series "The Twilight Zone" Contributors include Peter Crowther, Jane Lindskold, Norman Spinrad, and others, plus a heretofore unpublished story by Serling. VERDICTFans of the TV show as well as general sf readers will enjoy this tribute to Serling and his most memorable creation.

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July 1, 2010
When Rod Serling first conceived The Twilight Zone back in the late 1950s, its unlikely he anticipated the enduring influence this now-classic series would have on speculative fiction. In addition to television and movie sequels, the show has also inspired scores of writers in every genre from horror to mainstream fiction. In this second volume of all-new stories in the TZ mold, editor Carol Serling, Rods widow, has little trouble attracting authors eager to recapture the series distinctive flavor. A harried housewife in Nancy Holders By the Book finds sanctuary in a romance novel whose characters are all too vividly real. A euthanasia caseworker in David Gerrolds Sales of a Deathman, depicting a future society where the practice is legal, finds his fathers name on a list of upcoming victims. The center of attention in David Blacks Obsession is a soul-stealing femme fatale who convinces a married man to abandon his family. Every story embodies the original series unique vision of challenging its audiences assumptions about reality without sacrificing high-quality entertainment.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)