Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary
Serling (Journeys to the Twilight Zone, etc.) returns toThe Twilight Zone, the most famous work of her late husband, Rod Serling (1924–1975), with this inspired anthology. Though constrained by the surprise ending format of the original show, Kelley Armstrong's A Haunted House of Her Own is pleasantly creepy; Alan Brennert's Puowaina is a well-executed period piece; and the murderous protagonist of Tad Williams's Ants nicely demonstrates self-destructive hubris. The other entries are less satisfying: William F. Wu offers tepid baby boomer nostalgia in On the Road, Carole Nelson Douglas provides telegraphed foreboding in Truth or Consequences, and Robert J. Serling's Ghost Writer includes a painfully obvious and banal final twist. While largely inoffensive and faithful to theTwilight Zoneformat, this anthology is primarily of interest to hardcore fans.(Sept.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.