Dream Factories and Radio Pictures, Howard Waldrop, Wheatland Press, 2003
This group of previously published stories is all about the media, TV, radio and movies, both the early days and the more recent days.
A story is about the making of "race" pictures right after the First World War. These were short films intended for black audiences with simple stories, microscopic budgets and shooting schedules that lasted for a couple of days. Another tale is about a couple of Old West cowboys fighting vampires in 1920s Germany. What if every 1950s sci-fi monster (giant octopus, giant dinosaur and swarm of giant ants, etc.) all became real at the same time? Another story has Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello and a couple of the Marx Brothers all rushing to a small town in Iowa where a traveling rock and roll caravan is playing a one-night stand.
These are more "weird" stories than they are specifically science fiction, fantasy or horror stories. They are also really good and well-written stories. This book is different, it will get the reader thinking, and it is recommended.
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