#Jerry Sohl

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“Living Doll” | The Twilight Zone

#twilight zone #the twilight zone #horror #talky tina #tvedit #60s #living doll #1960s #gif #scifi #tv #black and white #twilightzoneedit #televisiongifs #classictvedit #retrotvblr #retrotvedit #televisongifs #televisionedit #dailytvfilmgifs #60s tv #60s television #60s tv shows #telly savalas #jerry sohl #charles beaumont #talking doll #dolls #doll

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Jerry Sohl - The Anomaly - Curtis - 1971

#witches #anomalies #occult #vintage #the anomaly #curtis books #1971 #jerry sohl #novel #science fiction

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"The Haploids..

It began in Union City when they brought in the man who screamed before he died, his flesh a mottled gray. Then it spread. The disease hit South Bend. Then Chicago. Men dying. Their skin a lead gray, their lips browned, and screams tearing their way up through throats that leaked blood. Always men. Never women..."

#the haploids #sci fi horror #jerry sohl

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5.23 Queen of the Nile

Director: John Brahm

Director of Photography: Charles Wheeler

“Jordan Herrick, syndicated columnist, whose work appears in more than a hundred newspapers. By nature a cynic, a disbeliever, caught for the moment by a lovely vision. He knows the vision he's seen is no dream; she is Pamela Morris, renowned movie star, whose name is a household word and whose face is known to millions.”

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#Twilight Zone #the twilight zone #season 5 #queen of the nile #Rod Serling #John Brahm #Charles Wheeler #Charles Beaumont #Jerry Sohl #ann blyth #lee philips #celia lovsky #1960s #the sixties #Classic TV #classic television #Classic Horror #horror #speculative fiction #cinematography #close up #close-up

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Vietnam War - Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, June 1968

Sourced from: http://natsmusic.net/articles_galaxy_magazine_viet_nam_war.htm

Transcript Below

We the undersigned believe the United States must remain in Vietnam to fulfill its responsibilities to the people of that country.

Karen K. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Harry Bates, Lloyd Biggle Jr., J. F. Bone, Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mario Brand, R. Bretnor, Frederic Brown, Doris Pitkin Buck, William R. Burkett Jr., Elinor Busby, F. M. Busby, John W. Campbell, Louis Charbonneau, Hal Clement, Compton Crook, Hank Davis, L. Sprague de Camp, Charles V. de Vet, William B. Ellern, Richard H. Eney, T. R. Fehrenbach, R. C. FitzPatrick, Daniel F. Galouye, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert M. Green Jr., Frances T. Hall, Edmond Hamilton, Robert A. Heinlein, Joe L. Hensley, Paul G. Herkart, Dean C. Ing, Jay Kay Klein, David A. Kyle, R. A. Lafferty, Robert J. Leman, C. C. MacApp, Robert Mason, D. M. Melton, Norman Metcalf, P. Schuyler Miller, Sam Moskowitz, John Myers Myers, Larry Niven, Alan Nourse, Stuart Palmer, Gerald W. Page, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Lawrence A. Perkins, Jerry E. Pournelle, Joe Poyer, E. Hoffmann Price, George W. Price, Alva Rogers, Fred Saberhagen, George O. Smith, W. E. Sprague, G. Harry Stine (Lee Correy), Dwight V. Swain, Thomas Burnett Swann, Albert Teichner, Theodore L. Thomas, Rena M. Vale, Jack Vance, Harl Vincent, Don Walsh Jr., Robert Moore Williams, Jack Williamson, Rosco E. Wright, Karl Würf.

We oppose the participation of the United States in the war in Vietnam.

Forrest J. Ackerman, Isaac Asimov, Peter S. Beagle, Jerome Bixby, James Blish, Anthony Boucher, Lyle G. Boyd, Ray Bradbury, Jonathan Brand, Stuart J. Byrne, Terry Carr, Carroll J. Clem, Ed M. Clinton, Theodore R. Cogswell, Arthur Jean Cox, Allan Danzig, Jon DeCles, Miriam Allen deFord, Samuel R. Delany, Lester del Rey, Philip K. Dick, Thomas M. Disch, Sonya Dorman, Larry Eisenberg, Harlan Ellison, Carol Emshwiller, Philip José Farmer, David E. Fisher, Ron Goulart, Joseph Green, Jim Harmon, Harry Harrison, H. H. Hollis, J. Hunter Holly, James D. Houston, Edward Jesby, Leo P. Kelley, Daniel Keyes, Virginia Kidd, Damon Knight, Allen Lang, March Laumer, Ursula K. LeGuin, Fritz Leiber, Irwin Lewis, A. M. Lightner, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Katherine MacLean, Barry Malzberg, Robert E. Margroff, Anne Marple, Ardrey Marshall, Bruce McAllister, Judith Merril, Robert P. Mills, Howard L. Morris, Kris Neville, Alexei Panshin, Emil Petaja, J. R. Pierce, Arthur Porges, Mack Reynolds, Gene Roddenberry, Joanna Russ, James Sallis, William Sambrot, Hans Stefan Santesson, J. W. Schutz, Robin Scott, Larry T. Shaw, John Shepley, T. L. Sherred, Robert Silverberg, Henry Slesar, Jerry Sohl, Norman Spinrad, Margaret St. Clair, Jacob Transue, Thurlow Weed, Kate Wilhelm, Richard Wilson, Donald A. Wollheim.

#sf #vietnam war #galaxy science fiction

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The Cinema Film Of The Week - Frankenstein Conquers The World

Directed By Ishiro Honda

Story By Reuben Bercovitch and Jerry Sohl

Starring Nick Adams, Kumi Mizuno, and Tadao Takashima

Music By Akira Ifukube

Distributed By Toho and American International Pictures

Release Date August 08, 1965 (Japan)

Country Japan and United States

#toho monsters #frankenstein conquers the world #baragon #toho studios

[tomoleary]

Ed Emshwiller “One Against Herculum” by Jerry Sohl (Ace 1959)

Source

#ed emshwiller #One Against Herculum

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Stellar Sci-Fi; Stories of Space Exploration

An anthology of short stories of spaceships, aliens, and the outer worlds by classic Science Fiction authors, from the Golden Age to the New Wave Era. This compilation includes stories by William Bender, Jr., Ray Bradbury, G. Gordon Dewey, Charles E. Fritch, Edward W. Ludwig, James V. McConnell, Stanley Mullen, Robert Silverberg, Jerry Sohl, Henry Slesar, and L.J. Stecher Jr. Amazon/Audible •…

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#Rebecca H. Lee

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TONIGHT on ME-TV @ 12:35am: “LIVING DOLL” (written by Jerry Sohl, directed by Richard C. Sarafian, originally broadcast November 1, 1963) One of the most loved and fondly remembered Twilight Zone episodes, “Living Doll works on more levels than you might initially think. Though inspired by toymaker Mattel’s popular “Chatty Cathy” talking doll (after you pulled its string in back), and voiced by June Foray, she of a thousand-and-one cartoon voices—most famously, Rocky of “Rocky & Bullwinkle”—and the voice of “Cathy” too, “Living Doll” is about more than the story of a man (Telly Savalas) tormented, eventually to death, by a talking doll, Talky Tina, who makes good on her words, “I’m Talky Tina and I’m going to kill you!” It’s also a jaundiced-eyed look at a broken home, a troubled second marriage, in which Savalas’ stepfather character refuses to actively love his stepdaughter (bordering on abuse), straining his relationship with her mother—all this at a time when the rest of American television was habitually portraying the happily-married, intact nuclear family, in sitcoms like Father Knows Best, The Donna Reed Show, Make Room for Daddy, and others. Ergo “Living Doll” is living proof of creator Rod Serling’s magnum opus being ahead of its time, by years if not decades. “Living Doll” also boasts a couple of collateral creative contributions that further elevate the episode: the legendary Bernard Herrmann composes an original score that uses a solo bass clarinet to create the signature, melancholy woodwind sound that connotes the first dolls that were made of wood (and also came to life: Pinocchio). And Director of Photography Robert Pittack, who worked on 20 of the series' 156 episodes (with George T. Clemens DP'ing almost all the others), gives "Living Doll" a real noirish look that befits the dark underbelly of suburbia that the episode exposes. Talky Tina’s malevolent mischievousness eventually cross-gendered into the Chucky film (and now television) franchise, just another example of Serling & Company’s The Twilight Zone being The Father of American Popular Culture. arlenschumer.com/twilight-zone. @dgareps #twilightzone #rodserling #arlenschumer https://www.instagram.com/p/CnCrSMkrUzr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#twilightzone #rodserling #arlenschumer

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TREKMATCH! # 703 - Star Trek's "The Corbomite Maneuver" vs 1988's A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 4: THE DREAM MASTER

Hey, Freddy was dead forever in the last movie, how's there another one??? Well for money reasons Freddy Krueger comes back from the dead and kills all the survivors from part 3, but one thing he didn't count on is a sort of Dream Master who absorbs all the other dreamers' superpowers when they die! It's not great of course but it's got at least one great kill where a girl turns into a giant cockroach.

GRADE: C-

STAR TREK - "The Corbimite Maneuver"

Enterprise runs into a giant superpowerful bubble ship run by a scary end credits puppet. Luckily Kirk uses some of his infamous shoot first ask questions later tactics! That is he bluffs the alien then runs away, only to come back and save the alien whenever he seems like he's in distress. Featuring Uhura wearing Command Gold!

GRADE: B

Victory to Trek,  so Trek is up 354-349!

Elm Street is tied 2-2!

#trekmatch #star trek the original series #star trek tos #jerry sohl #renny harlin #a nightmare on elm street

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#public domain sf #jerry sohl #science fiction #short story #free ebook #project gutenberg

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Remember Lt. David Bailey from “The Corbomite Manuever”?  When we last saw him, he had volunteered to stay with Balok on the Fesarius to exchange knowledge of each other’s cultures. This is a far cry from the young navigator we saw at the beginning of the episode, who was quite obnoxious and frankly did not appear to be Starfleet officer material despite Kirk’s mentorship. Originally, however, Bailey was quite different. 

In the final draft by Jerry Sohl dated May 3,1966, it was Bailey who was the communications officer, not Uhura. In fact, Uhura was not even in the picture yet. Bailey’s lines at that point were a combination of his and what would become Uhura’s. He was not the cocky young hothead we saw at the beginning of the episode. Nor did he become unglued during the encounter with the puppet Balok except for a line somewhat to the effect of  "What does he expect us to do?"  Kirk replies  "He expects us to lose our heads. We're not going to do that are we, Mr. Bailey?" At this point, Bailey calms down and simply answers  "No, sir." 

Not until Gene Roddenberry got his hands on the script did Bailey emerge the way we saw him on the show. Basic elements of the plot remained, but Gene added Uhura’s part along with some classic character defining moments, such as Spock’s famous line “Fascinating” when Balok’s menacing puppet makes its first appearance. Or Spock and Scotty’s conversation over Balok resembling Spock’s father. Even though Bailey’s character becomes far more unlikeable at the beginning, Gene lets him redeem himself by offering to be the one to stay with Balok on the Fesarius.  The shame of it is, we never heard what happened during their time together.  Or what happened afterward to Bailey. Did he stay with Balok’s people of the First Federation for the rest of his career? Or did he return to Starfleet and rise in the ranks as an officer the way Captain Kirk originally intended?  

#star trek TOS #Star Trek Crew #Lt. Dave Bailey #the corbomite maneuver #Balok #The First Federation #Gene Roddenberry #jerry sohl

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5.06 Living Doll

Director: Richard C. Sarafian

Director of Photography: Robert Pittack

“Of course, we all know dolls can't really talk, and they certainly can't commit murder. But to a child caught in the middle of turmoil and conflict, a doll can become many things: friend, defender, guardian.”

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#Twilight Zone #the twilight zone #season 5 #living doll #richard c. sarafian #Robert Pittack #Charles Beaumont #Jerry Sohl #Rod Serling #telly savalas #tracy stratford #june foray #haunted doll #speculative fiction #1960s #the sixties #Classic TV #classic television #horror #cinematography #close up #close-up

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#jerry sohl #sci fi #science fiction #books #book covers #pulp

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Night Slaves by Jerry Sohl Cover: Paul Lehr

#night slaves #jerry sohl #paul lehr #james franciscus

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Point Ultimate by Jerry Sohl, cover by Sandy Kossin (1959)

Sandy (Sanford) Kossin illustrated paperback covers from the 1950s through the 2000s but is perhaps better known for his many movie posters. Drew Friedman (yeah!) has a good article about Kossin's art on his blog. Jerry Sohl wrote novels, screenplays, and many teleplays including several episodes of the original Star Trek. SF Encyclopedia calls Point Ultimate "a fine example of 1950s Paranoia in its picture of Russians occupying America through use of a plague virus."

#1950s #sandy kossin #sanford kossin #jerry sohl #paperback #science fiction #bantam books