{"product_id":"perchance-to-dream-isbn-9780143107651","title":"Perchance to Dream","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith Jordan Peele's Twilight Zone reboot arriving, read the stories that inspired some of the show's greatest episodes, including \"The Howling Man\"!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe profoundly original and wildly entertaining short stories of a legendary \u003ci\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e writer, with a foreword by Ray Bradbury and an afterword by William Shatner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt is only natural that Charles Beaumont would make a name for himself crafting scripts for \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e—for his was an imagination so limitless it must have emerged from some other dimension. \u003ci\u003ePerchance to Dream\u003c\/i\u003e contains a selection of Beaumont’s finest stories, including seven that he later adapted for \u003ci\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e episodes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeaumont 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Beaumont’s] imagination, as \u003ci\u003ePerchance to Dream\u003c\/i\u003e amply shows, was more than most writers enjoy in the longest of lifetimes.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-NPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\"This fresh collection of Beaumont's weird fiction is rife with fantastical tropes and twist endings...Twist endings get a bad rap in our oh-so-sophisticated millennium, but in \u003ci\u003ePerchance to Dream\u003c\/i\u003e, they're in the hands of a master...Throughout the book, Beaumont challenges perception, norms, and our smug reliance on appearances, using supernatural and science-fictional elements to drive home his points — sometimes gently, sometimes jarringly...[Beaumont’s] imagination, as \u003ci\u003ePerchance to Dream\u003c\/i\u003e amply shows, was more than most writer's enjoy in the longest of lifetimes.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Beaumont’s stories offer flashes of true horror, subverting shock value with vertiginous questions about good, evil and human nature.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Seattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Creepy, melancholy short stories from the mid-20th-century master...Each with its satisfying twist, often surprisingly surprising, these stories charm and entertain.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In every genre he explored, Beaumont wrote with style, with a sure sense of his characters. His stories are often haunting, and though their concerns are ever enduring, they provide a clear window into the fears and hopes of his time.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e–Dean Koontz\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The name of Charles Beaumont will be honored and recognized for generations yet to come.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Robert Bloch\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Terrifically creepy pieces that almost always end with a twist...Beaumont deserves the wider audience this volume can provide.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"As a writer, Beaumont never seemed particularly concerned with observing the hard boundary lines of genre, and sometimes slipped over it and across again with gleeful abandon. As a writer of imaginative fiction, Beaumont was especially adept at the use of fiction as an object lesson, using it as a mirror to force readers to confront their own complacency and small-mindedness. In Beaumont’s hands, wishes become nightmares, and the road to hell is always paved with good intentions.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSuvudu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"This is a worthwhile and important collection, preserving an author’s work for a new generation of readers. Read them. Get angry. Be shocked. Laugh. Charles Beaumont’s work will certainly provoke your imagination.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWeird Fiction Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Beaumont\u003c\/b\u003e (1929–1967) was the author of three collections of short stories and two novels. He penned twenty-two episodes of \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, considered some of the show’s finest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRay Bradbury\u003c\/b\u003e (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 include\u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 451\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Martian Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Shatner \u003c\/b\u003ehas 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’s \u003ci\u003eThe Intruder, \u003c\/i\u003ewritten by Charles Beaumont. His career highlights include the iconic role of Captain James T. Kirk in the \u003ci\u003eStar Trek \u003c\/i\u003etelevision series and movies.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301484417253,"sku":"NP9780143107651","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143107651.jpg?v=1767734641","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/perchance-to-dream-isbn-9780143107651","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}