This island Earth : 8 features from the drive-in / by Dale Bailey.
| Author/creator | Bailey, Dale author. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication | Hornsea, England : Electric Dreamhouse, 2023. |
| Description | xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | Inspired by the drive-in epics of the 1950s, the stories in This Island Earth marry the exuberance of Eisenhower-era sci-fi movies to nuanced examinations of love, family, fear, and loss--without leaving the robots and ray guns behind. These stories abound with the bug-eyed monsters and irradiated highschoolers you remember from the late-night Creature Feature. But they transcend nostalgia to illuminate the complications of the human heart with wit and compassion.In I Married a Monster from Outer Space, winner of the Asimov's Readers' Poll Award, a Walmart cashier trapped in a disintegrating marriage finds herself tempted by the charms of an alien paramour. I Was a Teenage Werewolf, plunges us into a generation gap with teeth! And Bela Lugosi stars in The Ghoul Goes West as a fading Hollywood bogeyman whose star still burns in the reality next door.So join the gang at Party Beach, and let Dale Bailey introduce you to some teenagers from outer space, a Creature from the Black Lagoon like you've never seen, and onslaughts of alien invaders with human women--among other things--on their minds! You'll laugh! You'll cry! You'll recoil in horror! And you'll recall these stories long after the last flying saucer has ascended into the heavens of sci-fi cinema past. |
| Genre/form | Science fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fantasy fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Romans. |
| ISBN | 9781786368973 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1786368978 (paperback) |