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Introduction: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ROD |
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Chapter 1 THE WAY WE WERE: The Lure of Nostalgia |
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The Incredible World of Horace Ford |
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Chapter 2 WHAT DREAMS MAY COME: Nightmares at Noon |
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King Nine Will Not Return |
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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge |
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Chapter 3 ANGELS IN AMERICA: Cosmic Capra-Corn |
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The Changing of the Guard |
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Chapter 4 ME, MYSELF, & I: An Auteur's Identity Crisis |
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And When the Sky Was Opened |
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Chapter 5 FUTURE IMPERFECT: The Shape of Things to Come |
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I Shot an Arrow Into the Air |
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People Are Alike All Over |
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Chapter 6 IT'S ABOUT TIME!: Had We But World Enough |
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The 7th is Made Up of Phantoms |
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A Short Drink From a Certain Fountain |
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Chapter 7 THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY: Death in the Fifth Dimension |
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The Sixteen-Millimeter Shrine |
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Chapter 8 DEALS WITH THE DEVIL: Dr. Faustus in the Fifth Dimension |
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Nervous Man in a Four Dollar Room |
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Of Late I Think of Cliffordville |
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Chapter 9 HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD: Two Genres at a Crossroads |
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A Hundred Yards Over the Rim |
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Mr. Garrity and the Graves |
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Showdown with Rance McGrew |
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Chapter 10 "LOOK TO THE SKIES!": Close Encounters of the Zone Kind |
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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street |
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Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up? |
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Chapter 11 RIGHT TURN/LEFT FACE: Politics in the Zone |
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On Thursday We Leave for Home |
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Chapter 12 VIDEO NOIR: The Dark Side of the Small Screen |
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I Am the NightColor Me Black |
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Conclusion: WHY SHOULD WE TAKE SERLING SERIOUSLY? |
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INDEX |
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