(the writer, not the other guys)
Let’s say you’re the author of the greatest mystery story ever told. Do you give away the big secret before the end, knowing that a lot of people won’t bother with the rest? Or do you ignore the constant carping and let everyone get to the ending on their own?
Just asking.
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After 25 years, I've gotten the rights back to this landmark first biography of Rod Serling, detailing everything from his deceptively idyllic childhood that he could never recapture, to the haunting World War II experiences that informed his vivid imagination, to his sudden emergence as one of television’s Golden Age luminaries. Last Stop, The Twilight Zone paints a surprising picture of the complex, unhappy man beneath his gregarious yet suave public persona. Despite boatloads of critical and popular acclaim, Serling felt imprisoned by his most famous creation, and began doubting his own talent, causing him to accept nearly any job offered, from writing to pitching products. Here is the Rod Serling we never knew, the man whose success overshadowed his ambitions and, eventually, his life—a life that ended far too prematurely.
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