Word: monsters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Among readers who fancy vampires, succubi, werewolves and other monsters, a young (35) Californian named Ray Bradbury is regarded as the arrived monster-monger, fit replacement for August Derleth, eldritch statesman of the well-informed witchlover. Author Bradbury may owe even more to John Collier, another veteran djinn-and-bitters addict. Like Mary Wollstonecraft (Frankenstein) Shelley and Bram (Dracula) Stoker, these writers appeal to the middle or relatively uncorrugated brow, rather than the highbrow, who finds more than enough to bite his nails over in the Age of Anxiety without faking up a little more. The highbrow, in fact, whose...
...cast--and perhaps unfortunately so for the play as a whole--were Patricia Leatham and D. J. Sullivan as Ariel and Caliban. Miss Leatham presented not only a remarkable appearance, but the correct mixture of piquancy, wisdom, and authority for her part. Sullivan's passionate interpretation of the monster was so gripping in itself, that it sometimes displaced the attention of the audience from the more important roles...
...their 32 million TV sets. Like circus barkers pulling in a crowd, TV spokesmen shout about the wonders to come. They promise the finest opera, the best ballet, the most gripping drama, the newest movies, the funniest comedians and dozens on dozens of full-color, star-studded Spectaculars-a monster extravaganza planned to make U.S. living rooms jump with the most concentrated entertainment the world has ever seen...
...upset winner was Charles Van Horne, 34, a Campbellton, N.B. lawyer, who carried a constituency where the Liberals had a 5,500-vote majority in the 1953 election. Before voting day, Tory Van Horne staged a monster dance and a succession of oyster parties and receptions, where he met and shook hands with an estimated 10,000 voters. The Liberals moved in Cabinet Ministers, Senators and M.P.s to make formal campaign speeches, but Van Horne's personal contacts paid off with a 2,000-vote majority...
Nobody ever writes about the mental side of sex-doctors are board with it, psychologists are scared of it, and philosophers are too smart to pit their neat little thoughts against such a monster issue. The undergraduate who investigates the subject is more often than not groping in the dark. If you're feeling ontological, you can go to the library and find lots of company. But if you feel like a big black tomcat at dusk, all you can do is yowl...