The Twilight Man
Rod Serling and the Birth of Television
by Koren Shadmi
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Pub Date Oct 08 2019 | Archive Date Oct 08 2019
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Description
An illustrated biographical tale that follows Hollywood revolutionary Rod Serling's rise to fame in the Golden Age of Television, and his descent into his personal Twilight Zone.
We recognize Rod Serling as our sharply dressed, cigarette-smoking tour guide of The Twilight Zone, but the entertainment business once regarded him as the "Angry Young Man" of Television. Before he became the revered master of science fiction, Rod Serling was a just a writer who had to fight to make his voice heard. He vehemently challenged the networks and viewership alike to expand their minds and standards—rejecting notions of censorship, racism and war. But it wasn’t until he began to write about real world enemies in the guise of aliens and monsters that people lent their ears. In doing so, he pushed the television industry to the edge of glory, and himself to the edge of sanity. Rod operated in a dimension beyond that of contemporary society, making him both a revolutionary and an outsider.
"A perceptive take, which celebrates and illuminates one of early television’s true artists." – Publishers Weekly
Advance Praise
"A perceptive take, which celebrates and illuminates one of early television’s true artists." – Publishers Weekly
"Twilight Man is a respectful but clear-eyed tribute to one of the most important and influential dramatists of the 20th century." – Alan Brennert, Nebula Award Winner
"[An] unexpectedly poignant and cleverly observed graphic novel treatment of Serling's life and career. It's a unique take on the lasting work of a complicated man who found his greatest success when coding the messages of his socially conscious narratives into "'a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination'."--Joe Dante, director of Gremlins
Marketing Plan
National media and social media campaign
National publicity campaign
National advertising includes: Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Good Reads
ARC giveaway at ALA Annual 2019
Local author signings including NYCC 2019
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781643375717 |
| PRICE | $22.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 168 |
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Featured Reviews
Jennifer F, Educator
This was an AMAZING book. I got this copy early to review from NetGalley.
I loved the Twilight Zone and I will admit I did not know anything about Rod Serling. The book was about his rise and fall in fame in picture form. The illustrations were amazing and I loved every second of the book. Highly Recommend!
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