The Twilight Zone Companion, 2nd Edition
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The Twilight Zone Companion, 2nd Edition Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Marc Scott Zicree (Author), Tom Weiner (Narrator), Blackstone Audio, Inc. (Publisher)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 271 ratings
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The Twilight Zone Companion is the complete show-by-show guide to one of television's greatest series. Zicree's well-written account is fascinating listening for even the casual fan. Coverage of each episode includes a plot synopsis, Rod Serling's opening narration, behind-the-scenes stories from the original artists who created the series, and a complete list of cast and credits.

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  1. Listening Length
    16 hours and 46 minutes
  2. Author
    Marc Scott Zicree
  3. Narrator
    Tom Weiner
  4. Audible release date
    June 19, 2009
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Blackstone Audio, Inc.
  7. ASIN
    B002E04D7U
  8. Version
    Unabridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Product details

Listening Length 16 hours and 46 minutes
Author Marc Scott Zicree
Narrator Tom Weiner
Audible.com Release Date June 19, 2009
Publisher Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Program Type Audiobook
Version Unabridged
Language English
ASIN B002E04D7U
Best Sellers Rank #165,551 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#230 in TV Guides & Reviews
#503 in Film & TV
#7,348 in Performing Arts (Books)

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D'Ann
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good listing of episodes!
Reviewed in the United States on August 15, 2021
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I liked this book so much I bought another one as a gift. It gives a good description of each episode, though I didn't like that he put so much opinion in the writing and not just telling about each episode. A bonus was all the other "making of" bits he researched and included. Again, though I didn't like that he put in his personal opinions of some episodes, it was a well-done and interesting book.
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DC Guy
5.0 out of 5 stars Want To Totally Captivate Your Children Into Going To Bed? This Made An Excellent Bedtime Story Source, Every Night For Years.
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2017
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One night many years ago, I had to get my, now adult, then 6 and 4 years old daughters to go to bed and call it a day.

Of course, like any parent, I promised them that I'd read them a story.
And they sort of bought that line, but they really would not settle down, and made it absolutely clear that they wanted to hear something different.
So out of desperation, I grabbed this beloved book, which by then was a very faded falling apart yellowing non acid free paperback from near my desk in my home office and read them both a story in their shared bedroom.

It was from this book and it was "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street."
Their eyes lit up and they were totally captivated and they settled down.
They had never experienced anything like that story and they loved it.
And that night I heard "more daddy, more daddy!!!!"
So then I read them "Time Enough To Last," followed by "Third From The Sun," and partway through "Third From The Sun" they were sound asleep.

After that, the problem was not getting them to go to bed.
The problem became, as they would without parental pleading, wash up, brush their teeth and scoot into bed and almost always chant..."read, read, read more Twilight Zone."
Yes, very quickly, every night, they wanted more than one episode story from this book read to them.
And they loved it.

Then when they had sleepovers in our home with their friends, an event every parent dreads as the pack of kids will almost never settle down for the night, our house was different.
We became famous in the "sleepover circuit" of my kids and their friends as to having really cool bedtime stories.
So we never ever had a problem of getting a pack of sleepover kids to call it a night.
To a kid, we were the cool parents who did not just read them bed time stories.
We were the cool parents who read the kids stories from the "Twilight Zone," not the stories that every kid had heard from Fairy Tale Books.
It got to the point where, in our small town, the parents of sleepover kids would call and ask if it was really true that we read out kids stories from the Twilight Zone.

Occasionally, one of the moms would come over the day before to check out what she had heard from her kids, my kids pals.
And over coffee my wife and one or more of the moms of sleepover kids would read a story together and pick out what stories were deemed appropriate for little Susie, Liz, Tonya, Morgan, and more.

Well it worked, and now today, my adult kids are reading the plot summaries to their kids from this book, who, and I've seen them scramble off to bed instantly for the nightly reading of bedtime stories from "The Twilight Zone Companion."

Try it, your kids will love the stories.

In fact these stories got my kids totally interested in Science Fiction, so the "X-Files" and "Star Trek Voyager." became staples of my kids viewing.

Note that the stores in this book, all from "the Twilight Zone," have now become children's middle school literature.

In some of the English Class anthologies, "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street," is featured.

Have fun and do take your sons and daughters to the "Twilight Zone," they will go to bed and then sleep without a fuss.
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Karl T. Straub
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable-- but it's not a puff piece
Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2011
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I'll admit upfront I've just received this book and only skimmed it so far, but I felt the need to balance out some of the indignant reviews here, which nearly convinced me not to buy the book. It would have been a shame if I'd taken those reviews seriously, because now that I see the book I think some of the criticisms are missing the point.

The author includes his opinions about the quality of the episodes, but I don't understand reviewers's implication that this makes him insufferable and ruins the book. I guess it depends on your feelings about the show. I've loved "Twilight Zone" since I was a kid, but I can now see that the quality varied greatly through the run. It also seems to me now that Serling's tendencies toward sentimentality and heavy-handed social criticism contributed to a pretty wide variability of tone in the episodes.
Whether that's an issue depends on the viewer. I still love the show, and if anything I'm more obsessed with it today than ever, but the more deeply I get into it the more I'm aware of the things I like and don't like. Clearly, Zicree spent an unholy amount of time watching the shows and interviewing the people that made them. I don't see how, as an aspiring writer himself, he could have been expected to continue believing the show was consistent and flawless. I also don't see any criticisms of Zicree's that are any more harsh than those of various writers and producers of the original show. Even Serling went on record as saying his insane schedule had contributed to an uneven quality.
I don't agree with everything Zicree says, and I don't agree with everything the original writers have said either, but what of it? It seems to me part of the fun of the show is seeing how many different directions it went in, and having an opinion about the pros and cons. I think it's fine to want a book that says nothing critical about Serling and his work, but that's not what this book is. If you want a book like that, you should look elsewhere. But the suggestion that this kind of book, offering both behind-the-scenes info and analysis, is somehow a bad book is just nonsense.

I've heard Zicree talking about the show in an interview, and it's pretty clear to me that he loves the show as much as any living person. Unless you insist on owning a fluff book about Twilight Zone, don't be put off by angry reviews here. This book is a giant labor of love, and if you just can't stop watching the show and thinking about it, this book is for you.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2023
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Duck Punch
5.0 out of 5 stars Buenisimo!!
Reviewed in Mexico on December 17, 2018
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Este es EL libro sobre la dimension desconocida! Mucha informacion y fotos, es muy bueno tenerlo a la mano mientras ves las temporadas. Muy recomendable
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FD
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabuleux
Reviewed in France on December 17, 2017
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L'ouvrage est en anglais. Pour ceux qui aiment cette série légendaire, c'est le livre à posséder. Exhaustif, il permet d'apprendre des tas d'anecdotes et informations sur cette série mythique.
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David Lewis
5.0 out of 5 stars The definitive book on the Twilight Zone
Reviewed in Canada on July 21, 2014
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I got the original edition of The Twilight Zone Companion as a Christmas gift in 1984. As you might well imagine after 30 years, this book was now literally falling apart, so I was very happy to see this updated version at a very affordable price.
With summaries, background information and commentary on every episode of the original 1959-1964 series plus supplemental information on the 1983 theatrical film, and the 1980s CBS/syndicated revival, this book is a must have for every fan of this classic, iconic show. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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David Carey
5.0 out of 5 stars What all Companions should be
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 15, 2011
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It is a testament to the talent of the author that there is so much information on "The Twilight Zone" given that it was first published nearly twenty years after the series ended. With so many episodes being on the recently released DVDs, I find it is a useful to select an episode you would like to watch, as well as having interesting behind the scenes information. I haven't read such a good Companion since the DS9 Companion.
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Let it roll
5.0 out of 5 stars Très documenté
Reviewed in France on December 4, 2017
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On apprend tout (ou presque) de cette série culte qu’est la quatrième dimension en lisant ce magnifique livre... pour les amoureux de la série, c’est un incontournable
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