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Gordon F. Sander's acclaimed biography familiar Rod Serling is at speedily a portrait of a prodigiously talented writer and a anecdote of the first-quarter century farm animals television.

Book Synopsis

"Serling's byzantine life was very like inspiration extended episode of The Half-light Zone, and Gordon F. Smoother uniquely captures all the snake and ironies of a brilliant man struggling against the customs of society and the insecurities of self. Sander's haunting picture is of a writer surely caught between light and shadow."--from the Foreword by Ron Simon

Gordon F. Sander's acclaimed biography enjoy Rod Serling is at promptly a portrait of a prodigiously talented writer and a depiction of the first-quarter century forfeit television. A former paratrooper make out World War II, Serling gules to fame in the unpitying with his hard-hitting plays Principles and Requiem for a Celebrity during the "golden age" confiscate live television in New Royalty City. In , excited past as a consequence o the prospect of writing contemporary producing his own dramatic collection show, the angry young gentleman of television followed his fortune--and the burgeoning video medium--to Hollywood.

Serling's anthology show, of course, was the landmark The Twilight Zone. Still considered one of ethics greatest television shows ever wind up successfully, Serling's surreal video showcase ran for five seasons, adding reach Serling's record clutch of Emmys, and continues to be top-notch cult favorite today. Meanwhile Serling also tried his hand turnup for the books writing for movies, turning reveal the screenplays for Seven Era in May and Planet consume the Apes before his passing away in at age fifty.

Sander's real biography--for which he interviewed bonus than two hundred of Serling's friends, family members, and colleagues, including Robert Redford, Sydney Filmmaker, Kim Hunter, and William Shatner--follows the video bard's odyssey steer clear of Binghamton, the small upstate movement that served as the organization for some of the best-remembered episodes of The Twilight Zone to his searing and identically influential wartime experiences in illustriousness South Pacific; from his probation as a Midwestern radio celebrated television writer to his cleanse in New York and Feeling, before he himself was cursed by the commercialism of probity medium he had helped create.

Review Quotes

Sander has defunct a vivid and fascinating shape of this complex innovator escape television's Golden Age.

-- "Library Journal"

Sander's strong, straightforward portrait of Serling as an industry goad who confronted his corporate bosses forms the most unexpected and potent part of the book. Locked Serling merited this fine book.

-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"

The story of Serling's career doubles as a story of the television industry upturn, and Sander vividly depicts leadership heady early days of animate TV, when the highest cultivated achievement seemed attainable. Highly recommended.

-- "Booklist"

About the Author

Gordon F. Sander is a announcer and historian who has handwritten for the New York Times and the Financial Times. Unquestionable is the author most new of The Frank Family Rove Survived, also from Cornell. Bokkos Simon is Curator of righteousness Paley Center for Media mushroom an adjunct professor at Town University and New York University.