商品簡介
The profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendaryTwilight Zone writer, with a foreword by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by William Shatner
It is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts forThe Twilight Zone—for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other dimension.Perchance to Dream contains a selection of Beaumont's finest stories, including five that he later adapted forTwilight Zone episodes.
Beaumont dreamed up fantasies so vast and varied they burst through the walls of whatever box might contain them. Supernatural, horror, noir, science fiction, fantasy, pulp, and more: all were equally at home in his wondrous mind. These are stories where lions stalk the plains, classic cars rove the streets, and spacecraft hover just overhead. Here roam musicians, magicians, vampires, monsters, toreros, extraterrestrials, androids, and perhaps even the Devil himself. With dizzying feats of master storytelling and joyously eccentric humor, Beaumont transformed his nightmares and reveries into impeccably crafted stories that leave themselves indelibly stamped upon the walls of the mind. In Beaumont's hands, nothing is impossible: it all seems plausible, even likely.
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作者簡介
Charles Beaumont (1929–1967) was the author of three collections of short stories and two novels. He penned twenty-two episodes ofThe Twilight Zone, considered some of the show’s finest.
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) was the author of hundreds of short stories and nearly fifty books, as well as numerous poems, essays, operas, plays, teleplays, and screenplays. His works includeFahrenheit 451 andThe Martian Chronicles.
William Shatner has cultivated a career spanning more than fifty years as an award-winning actor, director, producer, writer, and recording artist. In 1962, he earned his first starring role in Roger Corman’sThe Intruder, written by Charles Beaumont. His career highlights include the iconic role of Captain James T. Kirk in theStar Trek television series and movies.
