Contents
2. Après Moi, Le Deluge . . . As the Atom Bomb Said to the Peacenik
3. Science Fact and Fantastic Television: The Birth of a Genre
4. The World at War: World War II in The Twilight Zone
5. A Writer Writes, a Script Writer Waits: The Search for a First Big Break
6. Patterns and Punch-Ups: A Reputation Is Wrought
7. Out for the Count: Fading Fame in The Twilight Zone
8. “I’ve Got an Idea for a Brand New Show”: Pitching and Piloting The Twilight Zone
9. Traveling in Time: The Twilight Zone Turns the Clocks Back and Forth
10. A Show Is Born: The Beginnings of The Twilight Zone
11. The Final Frontier: Or, Twilight in the Black of Space
12. The Aliens Have Landed: Tentacled Terrors in The Twilight Zone
13. Perchance to Write: Charles Beaumont in The Twilight Zone
14. His Name Is Legend: Richard Matheson in The Twilight Zone
15. Back in the Saddle: Season Two of The Twilight Zone
16. But Who Are the Monsters Really? Criminals, Con Men and Man’s Inhumanity to Man
17. Cheating Death, Racing the Devil . . . And Other Fortuitous Adventures
18. Sickness and Diseases: Don’t Worry, It’s All in Your Head
19. Dashing Through the Fallout: Christmas in The Twilight Zone
20. The Toddler of Terror: The Twilight Zone at Three
21. Parallel Universes: The Crack in Everyone’s Wall
22. In the Presence of More Masters: Johnson . . .
23. The Inimitable Earl of Hamner: Writer of Weirdness
24. I, Robot: And Other Mechanical Marvels
25. Raygun Fight at the OK Corral: Or, Do Robo-Cows Dream of Electric Rustlers?
26. Your Host for the Next Sixty Minutes: The Fourth Season of The Twilight Zone
27. The Grass Is Often (But Not Always) Grimmer: Or, Home Is Where the Hurt Is
28. Time to Say Goodbye: The Fifth and Final Season
29. The Plane Now Vanishing . . . Or, Further Nightmares at 20,000 Feet
30. The Stories That Never Were: Or, Writing Inside The Twilight Zone
31. The Twilight Zone in the Twilight Zone: The Future Is Unwritten
Epilogue: Another Decade, Another Dream: The Twilight Zone Forever
Appendix One: The Twilight Zone—1959–1964: Complete Cast and Episode Guide
Appendix Two: The Twilight Zone: The Movie—1983: Complete Cast
Appendix Three: The Twilight Zone—1986–1989: Complete Cast and Episode Guide
Appendix Four: The Twilight Zone—2002–2003: Complete Cast and Episode Guide