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mad ravings of unimportant men are oft lost in the annals of history.

hope beyond hope—a voice.

I have always tried to do what is right by those around me. I believed since youth that one mistake—however grandiose or subtle—ought

recount represents a contrary opinion.

I must begin.I had always walked the same route, and by sheer fate it

Street. She would smile shyly and incline her head, and I in turn would incline mine, trying to keep my feelings hidden behind a

my being. I dreamed of her every inch pressed against me from the

and now it was being let loose, wave after torrid wave, into my heart and my head and all the way down into my toes. And yet I managed

Further along my morning walk, I would come across another

be represented by a half a dozen members outside the clock tower.

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The Optimal ModeTelevision Animation in America, 1948–2010

has produced a number of great programs that are considered

children, and a medium of inculcation of "negative" values in that same audience. Most of these assessments were arguments

of larger social and economic trends at the time of their original

In recent years, television animation1 has been taken more seriously, though this tends to favor the more visible and

one that is able to treat television animation programs on a fair

to view television animation as Marshall McLuhan spoke of it 2 of television through which

it accomplishes television's objective of presenting enlightening and challenging material for consumption by its audience.

The Beginnings: 1948–1965

community, television animation began in commercial terms

series, Crusader Rabbit 1

Essential McLuhan

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The director at a recent convention appearance.

Legendary Filmmaker George A. Romero on

Politics, Film, and the Future

what do

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What was famous Wisconsin author August Derleth up to when he breathed life beyond the printed page into one of his most famous literary characters? Was he harboring secret motives, or did he mean it only as a hoax? Indeed, a mystery there

comprising . . .

The Weird Literary Life and Times of Stephen Grendon

Evening in Spring and The Shield of the Valiant

Place of Hawks

Country Growth

Sac Prairie People Wisconsin in Their Bones

alter ego

Mr. George and Other Odd Persons, Capital Times

Evening in Spring

Essential Solitude

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Rod Serling

Prefatory Note:

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+++++Rodman Edward Serling in this pithy, revealing

interview with the gifted creator of TV's . Let us preface our visit with Mr. Serling by pointing out that his three paperback collections of

eighth printing). Rod lives the Good Life, in a

for such television milestones as and ),

transcribing his award-winning words. Outspoken as always, Rod says what he believes—which has made him one of the industry's most controversial personalities. Here, without further ado, is uncensored Serling.

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The Group: Bradbury, Matheson, Beaumont, Nolan

Excerpted from PS Publishing, 2012

Weird Tales

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Thunderbirds,Space: 1999,

2001: A Space Odyssey Star Trek, Space: 1999 starred popular Mission: ImpossibleThe Fugitive;

2001: A Space Odyssey'Time

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Reviews & AnalysisDan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay Structure

Foreword Afterword

www.MWP.com

certainly are: Alien, The Return of the Living Dead, Dark Star, Total Recall, The Resurrected.

artistically.In their new book, Dan O'Bannon's Guide to Screenplay

Structure, the rationale behind why screenplays that work make satisfying and

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Mutation Nation: Tales of Genetic Mishaps, Monsters, and Madness

The True History

Life of Joseph Carey Merrick