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    The Latest Tales from the Twilight Zone

    DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone

    Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy

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    Image of Kpibca Kpibca
    10/02/09

    In reply to The Latest Tales from the Twilight Zone
    Just tell me who to send my money to so I can get this book, Lauren!
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    10/02/09

    @Kpibca: Me. Kidding, kidding.

    [www.amazon.com]

    Here you go.
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    Edited by crashedpc - Haifisch at 10/02/09 11:49 AM crashedpc - Haifisch was starred crashedpc - Haifisch was unstarred
    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    10/02/09

    @crashedpc - unrein: Thanks! I just used that to buy it.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    07/20/09

    In reply to DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone
    Maybe we'll get lucky, and he'll get so involved in the movie that he'll just spontaneously vanish into the ether or something.
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    07/20/09

    In reply to DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone
    "I saw something on the wing!"
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    Image of Certifiable Certifiable
    07/20/09

    @Belabras:

    *cue the Wicked Witch of the West theme*
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    07/20/09

    In reply to DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone
    There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is possible for intelligent folk. It is a dimension as vast as dull and as shaped as a doughnut. It is the middle ground between no ideas and laziness, between homage and insult, and it lies between the pit of man's need for the familiar and the summit of his entertainment. This is the dimension where imagination and art dies. It is an area which we call the YARM Zone.
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    Edited by ManchuCandidate at 07/20/09 2:56 PM ManchuCandidate was starred ManchuCandidate was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/20/09

    @ManchuCandidate: There's a signpost up ahead. It looks exactly like the last five you've passed.
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    Image of Forsakenchild Forsakenchild
    07/20/09

    In reply to DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone
    Oh Life how I miss thee.
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    07/20/09

    @Forsakenchild: Amen.
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/20/09

    @Darklighter:seconded.
    However at least they got to sort of close out the story a bit.
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    Image of franklinshepard franklinshepard
    07/21/09

    @Forsakenchild: Moi aussi.
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    07/20/09

    In reply to DiCaprio Pulls a New Writer into the Twilight Zone
    Can I just say "YARM" and get that over and done with so we can all move on?
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    07/20/09

    @Jeriba: Even the original was YARM. Does that make this one YARMRM? Or is it YARM squared?
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    Image of Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H. Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/20/09

    @Jeriba: How does one YARM an anthology?
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    07/20/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: COULD EVERYONE PLEASE STOP SAYING "YARM"?
    It's been done to death.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    07/20/09

    @Grey_Area: THANK YOU!
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/18/08

    In reply to Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy
    Can they top Zelazny's "Unicorn Variations"? Doubt it. That's a damn dark fantasy.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/18/08

    In reply to Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy
    Still no love for the savage dulcet-toned Manticore.

    sigh
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    Image of RAHfanboy RAHfanboy
    11/18/08

    In reply to Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy
    What if they were VAMPIRE Unicorns? They could suck blood through their horns.
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/18/08

    In reply to Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy
    Let us not forget the fantastic media contribution of "Charlie the Unicorn"
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    Image of 5AMfrenchtoast 5AMfrenchtoast
    11/18/08

    In reply to Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy
    Unicorns CAN be badass, if done right.


    Did anyone ever read that old Vertigo comic, The Books of Magic? Unicorn awesomeness. Grawwr, horn in your face, Manticore!


    Or those Bruce Coville YA books about Unicorns? I may have been like 7 when I read them, but I recall them being pretty cool.


    Or how about that movie The Last Unicorn? Maybe more trippy than badass, but still. And that theme song? "I'm aliiiive! I'm aliiiiiieeeeeeve!"



    Anything can be awesome, if you do it right. Take a unicorn, but make it BLACK. Put a samurai on its back. The Samurai? He's playing a guitar -- shaped like a lightning bolt! The unicorn is galloping through the cosmos, on a rainbow. With every step it takes, a shooting star falls out of its tail! It's the Heavy Metal Unicorn. Lame? No way. More like so awesome it'll make you cry LASER BEAMS!


    Of course, on the flip side, anything awesome can be lame, if done poorly. Zombies Apocalypse = Awesome. And yet how many shitty Zombie movies are there? Too many to count. How many really good ones are there? Little enough that you can count them on two hands.


    I would LOVE to see a book about a war between Zombies and Unicorns. Somebody write it, quick!

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    Image of EBone EBone
    11/18/08

    @5AMfrenchtoast: "More like so awesome it'll make you cry LASER BEAMS!"


    Funniest line today.

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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/18/08

    @5AMfrenchtoast:


    LOL.


    You only have three posts and I'm already sick of you.

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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    11/18/08

    @5AMfrenchtoast: With every step it takes, a shooting star falls out of its tail!


    Visit many farms, do you?

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    11/19/08

    @5AMfrenchtoast: Congratulations. You made me laugh. :D
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    Image of Alexis Alexis
    11/18/08

    In reply to Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy
    As much as I hate most fantasy, I have to agree with Holly Black. Because Unicorns are outdated I think that gives writers a great opportunity to reinvent the lore. People have disdain for them because they seem to be done the same way every time, but add a little spice to it and you could have another monster franchise on your hands.


    If anything zombies seems to be wearing out their welcome. I mean, how many times can you have a plague or spooky mist make people into the undead?

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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    11/18/08

    In reply to Zombies and Unicorns Battle for Literary Supremacy
    No one allegories or alchemises no more. Unicorns are metaphorically as dead as the dodo.


    YA, a refuge for stylish, elegant, imaginative prose.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/02/08

    In reply to Say Hello to Your Shiny, Happy Future
    I don't care what you grumpypants people have to say, this book interests me.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/02/08

    In reply to Say Hello to Your Shiny, Happy Future
    Happy: the new Depressing.

    Got it.
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