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William Gibson And Rod Serling, Together At Last

Spook Country author William Gibson and Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling will be turned into life-size animatronic statues, which at some point will gain sentience and battle to the death. At least, that'll be the case if the Science Fiction Hall Of Fame is as animatronic-happy as the Rock'n'Roll Hall Of Fame, which it really should be. The two will be honored, along with Betty and Ian Ballantine and weird cyber-artist Richard M. Powers, at the Sky Church in Seattle on June 21, at a ceremony hosted by Connie Willis (Doomsday Book). [Big Dumb Object]

2:14 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Charlie Jane Anders
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Latest by Cin: @lazyeight: In the short story anthology Burning Chrome, 3 stories take place in the Sprawl, the same setting for the Neuromancer Trilogy. 1. Burning Chrome (about Case's mentors) 2. New Rose Hotel (also made into a terrible movie... but it had Chris more »

the twilight zone

Must See: The Twilight Zone

Must-see TV shows are futuristic classics that shouldn't be missed. Of course, not every must-see is perfect. That's why we've rated them 1-5 on the patented "crunchy goodness" scale. Must see by James Rocchi.

Twilight Zone

Date: 1959-1964

Vitals: Rod Serling's anthology series was shoddy, cheap, uneven — and the biggest blast of sci-fi to hit the American mainstream in the history of television to that point. Stories by Ray Bradbury, Ambrose Bierce, Richard Matheson and a host of others (plus a fistful of scripts from producer-host-hack Serling) all wormed their way into our hearts and minds, by way of ... The Twilight Zo ... Oh, I just can't.





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11:34 AM on Wed Oct 24 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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