a fifth-dimension guide to life Dawidziak, Mark 1956- creator text nyu New York Thomas Dune Books 2020 monographic eng

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xxiii, 340 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Can you live your life by what The Twilight Zone has to teach you? Yes, and maybe you should. The proof is in this lighthearted collection of life lessons, ground rules, inspirational thoughts, and stirring reminders found in Rod Serlings timeless fantasy series. This unauthorized tribute is a celebration of the classic anthology show, but also, on another level, a kind of fifth-dimension self-help book, with each lesson supported by the morality tales told by Serling and his writers. The notion that "its never too late to reinvent yourself" soars through "The Last Flight," in which a World War I flier goes forward in time and gets the chance to trade cowardice for heroism. A visit from an angel blares out the wisdom of "follow your passion" in "A Passage for Trumpet." The meaning of "divided we fall" is driven home with dramatic results when neighbors suspect neighbors of being invading aliens in "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." The old maxim about never judging a book by its cover is given a tasty twist when an alien tome is translated in "To Serve Man." After all, in a series of cautionary tales that show what happens when you don't kick the can or refuse to believe the monks when they say they've captured the Devil, who wouldn't heed a warning... from The Twilight Zone? Mark Dawidziak "Now with lessons from the Jordan Peele reboot!" -- Cover. Includes index. Twilight zone (Programa de televisión: 1959-1964) Conducta de vida BJ 1589 D269e 2020 170/.44 9781250621504 125062150X 300622 20230411090800.0 spa