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Greenwood, co-author of Clear Intent: \u2028The Government Coverup of the UFO Experience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gordon Lore has given us a careful, comprehensive and honest reportage of the UFO phenomenon based on his many years of investigating the phenomenon. He is neither an alarmist nor a radical in his conclusions. 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font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003eMike Stein, the Editor\/Publisher of\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFILMFAX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eplus, The Magazine of Unusual Film, Television, Retro Pop Culture\u003c\/i\u003e, had this to say about my book in the Summer 2019 edition of \u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFILMFAX\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"msobodytextindentmailrucssattributepostfix\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e“When a book about UFO sightings is written in the first person by someone who was alive at the time of those events, and who investigated them for [the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP)], its credibility becomes undeniable.\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlying Saucers From Beyond the Earth:  A UFO Researcher’s Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby Gordon Lore gives its readers a genuine feeling of having been there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"msobodytextindentmailrucssattributepostfix\" style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e“After a short instruction describing some of his earliest personal UFO sightings, Lore segues directly to his recruitment by the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP) in 1965, where he worked for the next five years with Major Donald Keyhoe and mentor Richard Hall.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"msobodytextindentmailrucssattributepostfix\" style=\"text-align: justify; caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e“Actual UFO encounters, told in a ‘you-are-there’ narrative style, begin with ‘Incidents at Loch Raven Reservoir’ in 1958 and extend into 2017 with ‘UFOS Cavort Over Pittsburgh’ (370 pages later). Along the way, sidebar chapters regale the reader with a look into details of the author’s personal ‘odyssey’ mentioned in the book’s subtitle. Revealed is his discovery of two letters sent to Major Keyhoe from the celebrated psychologist Carl Jung (a former student of Sigmund Freud) who had written his own book,\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlying Saucers:  A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e. Also documented are Lore’s many appearances on radio, television, and as a lecturer, highlighted by his entertaining anecdotes of all the celebrities he met along the way, many of whom had their own UFO stories to tell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"msobodytextindentmailrucssattributepostfix\" style=\"text-align: justify; caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e“And how could any UFO book be worth its cosmic salt without some visual evidence of its apocryphal subject matter? Twenty-four pages of clearly reproduced photographs, many of them of actual UFO sightings, as well as the individuals involved in the investigations, are included.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"msobodytextindentmailrucssattributepostfix\" style=\"text-align: justify; caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e“The real-world ramifications of UFO studies are also cataloged. J. Edgar Hoover’s personal obsession with the Roswell incident; the 1966 Congressional UFO hearings at which Carl Sagan testified; the invaluable research of J. Allen Hynek, who became world famous after Steven Spielberg’s [film]\u003cspan class=\"apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, after one of Hynek’s codifications, [was released] and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"msobodytextindentmailrucssattributepostfix\" style=\"text-align: justify; caret-color: #000000; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: auto; widows: auto; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e“The list of UFO pop culture references could go on and on, and it does in Gordon Lore’s definitive handbook. This is a fun read for both the casually curious and the serious-minded student of UFOs.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: Helvetica; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eVisit the author's website\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFlying Saucers - Best of Coast to Coast AM - 10\/1\/18\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGordon Lore | National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e08 August 31 2018 Jan Aldrich and Gordon Lore Nicap\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eUFO UNDERCOVER w\/ Joe Montaldo Tonight Gordon Lore second hour Barry Strohm live tonight from 7 to 9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003eRead the Filmfax review: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 1955, author Gordon Lore would experience an encounter in his hometown of Solomons Island, Maryland. Two events prior to that seemed to form a kind of predisposition for what was about to occur:One of the events was his having just finished reading \"the fascinating, first book on the UFO, or flying saucer phenomenon in 1950\" and, in his own words \"I was a convert.\" The author of the book was Major Donald E. Keyhoe (USMC-Ret.), with whom, in due time, Gordon would form a personal and professional relationship, one of the most significant relationships\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ein his life. The other prior event was was having seen the film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) for the second time. What Gordon was to experience on the end of a pier just over from Chesapeake Bay could have been a scene from that film. A \"large silver disc shaped object that appeared to be about half the length of a football field\" approached from over the Patuxent River. The object dropped into the water and, upon re-emerging, discharged what appeared to be tons of water from a large panel below, showering Gordon at his location on the pier. Subsequently he would experience two more similar encounters which he would document and report to NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon) of which Donald E. Keyhoe was co-founder and director from 1957 on. A chance meeting in Washington D.C. in 1965 with NICAP investigator Dick Hall led to Gordon being hired on to the NICAP staff where he would work in a number of capacities over the next five years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFlying Saucers From Beyond the Earth is a summary and overview of Gordon Lore's experiences and observations at NICAP as investigator, Vice President, Assistant Director and Secretary Treasurer which then was the world's largest UFO organization, headed by the aforementioned Major Donald E. Keyhoe. FSFBTE is the second book by Gordon Lore for Bear Manor Media, the first being Connections: A Lifetime Journey Through the World of Celebrity which covers not only highlights of his NICAP experiences but his many faceted career as a writer\/editor. Having been out of the field of UFO phenomena examination for some time, he decided to take both an inventory of his experiences along those lines as well as a fresh look at current investigations, the result being his current volume. The book goes into painstaking detail about known and lesser known UFO incidents as investigated by himself and other NICAP investigators as well as outside sources. One such fascinating section uses reports from his book Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in Perspective (1968) going back hundreds of years. For example  at around 10:00 p.m. on October 11, 1492  Admiral Christopher Columbus, while making his rounds on his flagship The Santa Maria, observed \"a light glimmering at a great distance\" which was later seen bobbing up and down \"in sudden and passing gleams.\" \"The light was first spotted about four hours before land in the New World was sighted... The next morning, October 12 (annually celebrated as Columbus Day) land was discovered and the beginning of foreign occupation of the North American and parts of the South American continents had begun.\" (p.68). The Area 51 controversy and other crash-and-retrieval incidents are also addressed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAccording to noted ufologist Jerome Clark, \"Major Donald E.) Keyhoe was widely regarded as the leader in the field of ufology in the 1950's and early to mid-1960's.\" After sustaining an arm injury in 1922 while serving in the Marines, Keyhoe began writing as a hobby during his convalescence. He later managed a coast-to-coast tour by Charles Lindbergh following his solo transatlantic flight, leading to his first book in 1928, Flying with Lindbergh, Keyhoe retired from WWII active duty in a Naval Aviation Division at the rank of Major, He had already written numerous fantastical air adventure stories for pulp magazines such as Weird Tales, which seemed to provide a predisposition for him also, in terms of his attraction and interest in flying saucers which were drawing widespread public fascination in the late 1940's. In 1950 Keyhoe wrote his groundbreaking book The Flying Saucers Are Real, which created an active momentum leading to his co-founding of NICAP, providing the fertile ground for a new generation of ufologists, of particular interest here being the author of this book, Gordon Lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most troubling, concerning and overarching thread in the book is that of the ongoing efforts of the U.S. Government, Air Force and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to discredit and debunk the most meticulous investigations of UFO incident phenomena, including efforts by the CIA to infiltrate and eventually bring down the research group. Gordon's perceptions and insights penetrate and often run contrary to the accepted narrative which usually focus on real or imaginary faults of the group, ignoring the hidden intent to actually eliminate it..\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy the desire to suppress such detailed evidence? Gordon quotes his fellow author and UFO colleague john Fuller, with whom he had appeared on the late Joe Franklin's beloved and highly rated talk show, and whose comments might shed some light on possible repercussions for disseminating such information to the general public: \"(T)here could be far-reaching implications concerning the history of Planet Earth. It would promote reevaluations of our religions, politics, scientific efforts and literature. We would have to reevaluate our international relations with an urgent need for a continuous examination of the UFO phenomenon. Even today, the United Nations Secretary General and others are talking about a major scientific probe. It was Tennyson who said 'Maybe (our) wildest dreams are but the needful preludes of the truth'\" (p.81). Many years later, armed with this book and the new social media, can a difference be made? 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When the talented writers at Fox were given the task of adapting a best selling novel for the screen, the result was often a classic motion picture. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe unprecedented success of David O. Selznick’s production of Gone With the Wind caused Hollywood to focus on popular novels more than ever before. And there were so many outstanding books to chose from! During the Forties and early Fifties, romantic historical fiction was an immensely popular subject and many authors excelled at writing in this genre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe movies discussed in Read the Book! See the Movie! were all based on novels which had made it onto the best seller lists and were optioned for filming by 20th Century-Fox. 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This book covers all of the series produced and\/or syndicated byFour Star from 1952 to 1989 as well as the many pilots the company made butwere unable to sell. Topics include the first Western series created bylegendary film director Sam Peckinpah, the first detective series with a femalemain character, the first, and perhaps only, ninety-minute game show pilot, andthe one series that accounted for 70% of Four Star’s revenue in 1969.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; letter-spacing: -.05pt; mso-style-textoutline-type: none; mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt; 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WordSection1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;}\n--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn January 31, 2019, BearManor Media published the Revised Edition of Andrew Lee Fielding's\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Lucky Strike Papers: Journeys Through My Mother's Television Past\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThe book, a portrait of television in the late 1940s and early 1950s, was first published by BearManor Media at the end of 2007.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Fielding's late mother, Sue Bennett, was a featured singer on various network TV shows during the period of early TV—including \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eKay Kyser's College of Musical Knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eYour Hit Parade\u003c\/i\u003e (also known as the \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eLucky Strike Hit Parade\u003c\/i\u003e). She was also featured regularly on such programs as \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Freddy Martin Show\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eJohn Conte's Little Show\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1951, a critic in \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eDown Beat\u003c\/i\u003e magazine wrote that Bennett was \"one of the coming female singers in the country.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDecades later, Andrew Fielding began exploring the period of early television, via the programs on which his mother sang.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHis book includes conversations with such singers as Dorothy Collins, Snooky Lanson, Eileen Wilson, Russell Arms, and Merv Griffin; bandleaders Raymond Scott, Kay Kyser, and Milton DeLugg; comedian and early TV host Morey Amsterdam; host and singer John Conte; musician and comedian Merwyn Bogue (also known as Ish Kabibble); and Fred Rogers (later known as \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eMister Rogers\u003c\/i\u003e), who worked for a time as a floor manager on \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eYour Hit Parade\u003c\/i\u003e. Fielding also spoke with producers, directors, writers, dancers, musicians, and other singers and personalities from the era.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReviewers praised the original edition of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Lucky Strike Papers, \u003c\/i\u003esaid\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e Radiogram \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, in 2009\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e is\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003e \"a fascinating look at the early years of live television...\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 2010 review on the website \"Television Obscurities\" said that \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Lucky Strike Papers\u003c\/i\u003e \"was one of the best works on early television I have ever had the pleasure of reading. Fielding has done a remarkable job capturing a time period when television was new, broadcasts were live and those working in the medium were learning on their feet.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003eWrote novelist and non-fiction writer Jacqueline T. Lynch, on her blog \"New England Travels,\" in 2013:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\"It’s a splendid book, sensitively written, that chronicles the phenomenon of live TV, and the musical variety type programs which are no longer with us....Mr. Fielding manages to write a very personal memoir about a story that was not his own, and that is something wondrous.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003eIn a 2008 review on his blog \"Master of My Public Domain,\" Michael Coston wrote: “For anyone curious at all about the early days of live television, and the transition from radio to TV as being the dominant form of home entertainment, this book is a delight...\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003eIn 2014, Mitchell Hadley wrote this, on his blog \"It's About TV\":\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\"...\u003c\/span\u003eFielding has a distinctive approach, using a narrative voice that's almost quasi-documentary in tone.  It's very effective, giving the reader the sense of flipping through the pages of a scrapbook and reading the captions written on the backs of pictures.  In doing so, he generates a warmth not only for the age, but for the people participating in it.  He makes it come \u003ci\u003ealive\u003c\/i\u003e, which is one of my tests as to how good a book is.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Lucky Strike Papers\u003c\/i\u003e \"is a rich history of the early days of TV....Early TV was a fascinating world, and reading about it is the next best thing to having been there.\" --Review on the \"Geezer Music Club\" blog, 2008.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"x-el\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the 2019 revised edition of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Lucky Strike Papers\u003c\/i\u003e, Mr. Fielding undertook additional research, and sees the revised version as being, in essence, \"a more definitive portrait\" of the programs and personalities he wrote about in 2007. Fielding made various other changes to the text, and says, simply: \"I think the new edition is a better book.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eAbout Andrew Lee Fielding:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAndrew Fielding's writing has appeared in \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Boston Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Philadelphia Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eHorizon\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and other publications. He has also worked as a radio talk show host—in Philadelphia, in suburban Philadelphia, in Charlottesville, Virginia, and in northern New Jersey. The website for \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003eThe Lucky Strike Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is:\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ewww.andrewleefielding.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" color=\"black\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"black\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eRead the author's blog!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" color=\"black\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"black\" style=\"color: black;\"\u003eThe book's official site!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" color=\"black\" style=\"color: black; 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In most biographies and Tarantino histories, this unfinished $5,000 film is mentioned only in passing and is looked upon as little more than a curiosity. But with this oral history, author\/editor Andrew J. Rausch details how each of the friends came together, other early film projects they worked on, and how they ended up making (or trying to make) a black-and-white screwball comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHe also makes the argument that \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMy Best Friend’s Birthday\u003c\/span\u003e is something far more meaningful than a curiosity. Not only did it mark the screenwriting and directorial debut of Quentin Tarantino, one of the greatest filmmakers in history, but it also launched the careers of two other professional filmmakers, Craig Hamann and Roger Avary. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMy Best Friend’s Birthday: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film\u003c\/span\u003e provides an in-depth look at the film from its conception to its eventual demise and proves that even at the young age of 20, Tarantino already possessed the talent (in a still rough, unpolished form) that would lead him to make classic films such as \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eReservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Django Unchained,\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood\u003c\/span\u003e. The film and screenplay for \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMy Best Friend’s Birthday\u003c\/span\u003e, rough as they may be, provide us a glimpse of an artist on the verge of real success, still trying to find and hone his voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003e\"My Best Friend’s Birthday: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film is a book that few expected. The film discussed wasn’t even completed, and most books on the director relegate this abandoned effort to a mere footnote. Andrew J. Rausch hopes to remedy this unfortunate tendency amongst Tarantino scholars. The writer interviewed a great many of those who worked on the project—including Tarantino himself—and presents these textual interview snippets in an order that traces how each of these people came together, other early film projects they worked on, and how they ended up making (or trying to make) a black-and-white screwball comedy. The final section of the book is a breakdown of the film as it would have been if it had been completed. He also makes the argument that My Best Friend’s Birthday is something far more meaningful than a curiosity. After all, the film’s production was a formative experience in Tarantino’s life. It helped shape his voice and prepared him for bigger and better projects. If the book has a weakness, it is that the “oral history” nature of the text results in a book that is sometimes slightly repetitive. However, one imagines that scholars and fans will be thrilled to have this information available to them as it offers a relatively detailed account of a part of Tarantino’s history that has been largely reduced to mere trivia until now.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003e- Cinemaliterate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -moz-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline !important; float: none;\"\u003e\"Andrew J. Rausch loves cinema and his writing overflows with this passion. Both My Best Friend's Birthday: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino FIlm and Conversations on Quentin Tarantino are exquisitely crafted. These works dive into the early, creative ecosystems of now legendary QT films. Not only do you glean bits of insight from Tarantino himself, but Andrew's format allows a more complete picture as viewed through the eyes of Quentin's friends and collaborators. This is a must read for anyone who enjoys film and, specifically, those who have a penchant for Quentin's unique cinematic perspective.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Eshom Nelms, co-writer\/co-director of Fatman and Small Town Crime\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"My Best Friend's Birthday: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film is just a load of crazy, breezy, informative fun.\" \u003cbr\u003e- Rod Lurie, writer\/director of The Contender and The Outpost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMY BEST FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY: The Making of a Quentin Tarantino Film \u003c\/strong\u003eby Andrew J. 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No one who was working on the movie could have imagined just how successful the film and franchise would be…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The Galaxy Britain Built’ has tracked down the most modest of British talent who brought the galaxy to life. In this book they reveal the secrets behind the creation of some of the most famous costumes, props and sets in movie history. Think you know everything there is to know about Star Wars? Think again…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We called it the laser sword because we were British! I knew the lightsaber was the Excalibur of this film! I made it from a flash tube from a 1940s camera.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We were going flat out to fill a cantina with aliens. We made foam latex, which filled the room with ammonia and we were painting with toluene paint. We were probably all high at the time!”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I broke down my script; I had a list of weapons, robots, sets, vehicles. I just stared at it in horror thinking, ‘I can’t do this!’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We got wheelbarrow wheels, some plywood and some polystyrene and we built a Landspeeder.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Harrison, Carrie and Mark, being American, said they hadn’t tried Yorkshire puddings before! So on that Sunday, we invited them round for lunch…”\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"mso-special-character: line-break;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003eAbout the author: David Whiteley is a British TV presenter and filmmaker. Born on May the Fourth (Yes, Star Wars day!), 1977 (the year Star Wars was released), he was destined to be a life-long fan of the movies. Having hit upon the idea of making a documentary about the Brits behind Star Wars, he always felt there were many more stories to tell. Through extensive interviews from 2016 to 2019, David brought those stories together for this book; The Galaxy Britain Built: The British Talent Behind Star Wars.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eReview from Nerdvania\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\" lang=\"EN-GB\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53363600064821,"sku":"ubn1787291830823","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/the-galaxy-britain-built---the-british-talent-behind-star-wars-hardcover-edition_1.jpg?v=1787291835"},{"product_id":"teletubbies-on-the-screen-and-behind-the-scenes-hardback","title":"TELETUBBIES ON THE SCREEN AND BEHIND THE SCENES (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"\u003eISBN  9781629335117\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eTeletubbies on the Screen and Behind the Scenes\u003c\/span\u003e is a book that more than lives up to its title. Here is the entire story of Teletubbies. Denise Noe shows the reader the seeds that sprouted in the minds of Andrew Davenport, whose fascination with the space program led him to imagine overgrown space babies, and Anne Woods, whose response to watching Power Rangers kicking each other was to create characters who would hug instead of fight. Noe shows us how the dilemma of bringing the real world into the fantasized Teletubby world led to a solution of genuinely inspired creativity. Noe tells how performers took tiny bits of themselves into these wonderfully wacky characters as well as how cast and crew coped with difficulties imposed by oversized, bulky costumes and the occasional bout of turbulent weather. She takes us behind the scenes with a cast that included not only professional actors and actresses but “everyday” people who appeared on the famous “tummy screen films” in documentary-style episodes about their lives. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot all was sweetness and light in the making of this TV show. Noe shows the pain suffered when an actor playing a Teletubby found himself replaced. She also discusses the controversies that swirled around Teletubbies, going into depth about both the accusation that the show was a “dumbing down” of children’s TV and the idea that the purple Teletubby, Tinky Winky, represented a gay man. This book is both a history and a celebration of Teletubbies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Denise Noe has worked hard and succeeded in putting together an excellent read for all Teletubbies fans.” \u003cbr\u003e– Jane Lambert\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A detailed insight into the world of Teletubbies. Right from how it all began up until the latest reboot, this book covers it all. Really see behind the smoke and mirrors and discover how these lovable characters come to life.”\u003cbr\u003e– Neal Patel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Ms. Noe has written a wonderfully researched and insightful view of Teletubbies. 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This is the first in a series of such books from longtime genre fan and chronicler Tom Weaver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFrom MONSTERS FROM THE VAULT magazine, reviewed by Bryan Senn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"a fascinating chronicle of independent filmmaking from a bygone era\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Weaver leaves no sun-drenched stone unturned\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Weaver also continues his super-fun Scripts from the Crypt series, begun with The Hideous Sun Demon, with not one but two new entries. No. 2 goes deep on the Lon Chaney cult shocker Indestructible Man (1956). Beyond the complete original screenplay by Vy Russell and Sue Bradford, the profusely illustrated large-format softcover incorporates new and archival quotes from many of the pic's participants, an interview with costar Casey Adams (aka Max Showalter), profiles of colorful filmmaking partners Jack Pollexfen and Aubrey Wisberg, notes on the script, trivia, David Schecter's analysis of the score, and much, much more, including an appreciation by fan\/auteur Fred Olen Ray. Even if you, unlike Indestructible Man Butcher Benton, have never chanted the mantra \"Paul Lowe, Squeamy Ellis, Joe Marcelli,\" you'll want to invest your time and dough in this essential tome.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e-- Videoscope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\" color=\"black\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eReview in Fangoria Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead the First 10 Pages Here\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53363600326965,"sku":"tvx1787291834060","price":32.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/0059\/3717\/files\/scripts-from-the-crypt-the-hideous-sun-demon-an-original-screenplay-hardback_1.jpg?v=1787291839"},{"product_id":"forsaken-the-making-and-aftermath-of-roger-cormans-the-fantastic-four-hardback","title":"FORSAKEN: THE MAKING AND AFTERMATH OF ROGER CORMAN'S \"THE FANTASTIC FOUR\" (hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN  9781629335049\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn December of 1992, filming began on a secret Fantastic Four movie.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral months earlier, Bernd Eichinger met with legendary producer and director Roger Corman about making the movie before his rights expired at the end of the year. 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